krebs

See also: Krebs and krebs'

Danish

Etymology

From German Krebs (“crab, cancer”), from Middle High German krebz, from Old High German krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Danish kræft (“cancer”) is borrowed from the Low German form of this word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥ab̥s], [ˈkʰʁ̥ɑb̥s]

Noun

krebs c (singular definite krebsen, plural indefinite krebs)

  1. crayfish
  2. Cancer (someone with a Cancer star sign)

Inflection

Declension of krebs
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krebs krebsen krebs krebsene
genitive krebs' krebsens krebs' krebsenes

See also

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