kräm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kram"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old French cresme.

Noun

kräm c

1. cream, crème

Usage notes

Cream from milk is grädde. Kräm is a viscous cream, like solkräm (“sun cream”) or hudkräm (“skin cream”), and also includes other substances (usually either practical or edible) with a similar consistency, like for example tandkräm (“toothpaste”), skokräm (“shoe polish”), and fruktkräm (“kisel”).

Declension

Declension of kräm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kräm	krämen	krämer	krämerna
Genitive	kräms	krämens	krämers	krämernas

Derived terms

• fruktkräm (“kisel”)
• hudkräm (“skin cream”)
• skokräm (“shoe polish”)
• solkräm (“sun cream”)
• tandkräm (“toothpaste”)
• vaniljkräm (“pastry cream”)

Related terms

• krämig

References

• kräm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kräm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kräm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• märk