From Middle Low German krum.
krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)
From Middle Low German krum.
krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)
krum
From Middle Low German krum.
krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)
From Middle Low German krum, from Old Saxon krumb, from Proto-West Germanic *krump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz.
krum (comparative krummare, superlative krummast)
Often a bit old-fashioned with connotations of being from hard work or old age in (sense 1).
| Inflection of krum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | krum | krummare | krummast |
| Neuter singular | krumt | krummare | krummast |
| Plural | krumma | krummare | krummast |
| Masculine plural3 | krumme | krummare | krummast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | krumme | krummare | krummaste |
| All | krumma | krummare | krummaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
krum