Kram
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kram"
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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 cloth” → “merchant tent” → “shop” → “wares” → “stuff”. Cognate with Dutch kraam (“booth, stall”). and Yiddish קראָם (krom, “shop”). More at crame.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKram m (strong, genitive Krames or Krams, no plural)
- (colloquial, derogatory) stuff
- Synonyms: Krempel, Zeug; see also Thesaurus:Zeug
- (archaic) little shop; booth; stall
Declension
editDeclension of Kram [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
edit- “Kram” in Duden online
- “Kram” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Kram on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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