Kröte
Appearance
See also: kröte
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German krotte, kröte, krëte, from Old High German chrota, krota, kreta (“toad”), from Proto-West Germanic *krodu.
Noun
[edit]Kröte f (genitive Kröte, plural Kröten)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kröte [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Frosch m
- Kaulquappe f
Etymology 2
[edit]Probably a humorous malapropism of German Low German Groten, from Middle Low German grōten, ultimately from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”). Compare German Groschen.
Noun
[edit]Kröte f (genitive Kröte, plural Kröten)
- (informal, chiefly or only in the plural) money
- 1996, “Silberfische in meinem Bett”, in Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack, performed by Fettes Brot:
- Und beim Schwarzfahren erwischt, und das ist ja ordnungswidrig / 60 Kröten sind flöten – wieder in finanziellen Nöten
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kröte [feminine]
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