Kribskrabs
German
Etymology
Reduplication, compare Krimskrams.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Kribskrabs m or n (strong, genitive Kribskrabs, no plural)
- (dated) confusion, hodgepodge
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Wald und Höhle”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:
- Vom Kribskrabs der Imagination / Hab’ ich dich doch auf Zeiten lang curirt;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Kribskrabs [sg-only, masculine // neuter, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der, das | Kribskrabs |
| genitive | eines | des | Kribskrabs |
| dative | einem | dem | Kribskrabs |
| accusative | einen, ein | den, das | Kribskrabs |
Further reading
- “Kribskrabs” in Duden online
- “Kribskrabs” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kribskrabs” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kribskrabs”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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