Kram

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German krām (merchant tent; wares), from Old High German krām (merchant tent; tent cloth), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, pub, inn) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, tent).[1]

The semantic development is tent clothmerchant tentshopwaresstuff. Cognate with Dutch kraam (booth, stall). and Yiddish קראָם (krom, shop). More at crame.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʁaːm/
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Noun

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Kram m (strong, genitive Krames or Krams, no plural)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) stuff
    Synonyms: Krempel, Zeug; see also Thesaurus:Zeug
  2. (archaic) little shop; booth; stall

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kashubian: króm
  • Serbo-Croatian:

References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

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  • Kram” in Duden online
  • Kram” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Kram on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de