Krop

See also: krop, kröp, krȫp, and krøp

English

Proper noun

Krop

  1. A surname.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German krāpe (also krape, krappe, but the Luxembourgish -o- requires an originally long vowel), from Old High German crāppo, northern variant of chrāpho (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krappô, *krāppô. Cognate with Yiddish קרעפּל (krepl), German Krapfen, Dutch krap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʀoːp]

Noun

Krop m (plural Kreep, diminutive Kreepchen)

  1. hook
    Synonyms: Kramp, (rare) Hoken
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