Krebs

Krebs

See also: krebs and krebs'

English

Proper noun

Krebs

1. A surname​.
2. A city in Oklahoma

Anagrams

• Berks, Berks., berks, breks, kerbs

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, akin to Dutch kreeft. From Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”), see also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁeːps/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /kʁɛps/ (regionally, chiefly western German)

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Noun

Krebs m (genitive Krebses, plural Krebse)

1. crab
2. cancer (disease)
3. (astronomy, astrology) Cancer

Declension

Declension of Krebs

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Krebs	die	Krebse
genitive	eines	des	Krebses	der	Krebse
dative	einem	dem	Krebs, Krebse1	den	Krebsen
accusative	einen	den	Krebs	die	Krebse

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

• krebshemmend
• krebskrank
• Marmorkrebs

Descendants

• → Danish: krebs
• → German Low German: Krebs
• → Saterland Frisian: Krääps
• → Scanian: krævs

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwilling, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische ^{(Category: de:Astrology)}

Further reading

• Krebs in Duden online