krass

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See also: Krass and kraß

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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18th century, from Latin crassus. See English crass for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʁas/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -as

Adjective

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krass (strong nominative masculine singular krasser, comparative krasser, superlative am krassesten)

  1. stark, extreme
    krasse Gegensätzestark contrasts
  2. (colloquial) amazing, incredible, remarkable
    Das ist ja krass! Das hat der echt zu dir gesagt?!
    That’s incredible! He really said this to you?!
  3. (youth slang) awesome, phat, cool
    Krasse Schuhe, Alter!
    Cool shoes, mate!

Usage notes

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  • The spelling krass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (kraß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • krass” in Duden online
  • krass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German krass, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

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krass (neuter singular krast, definite singular and plural krasse, comparative krassere, indefinite superlative krassest, definite superlative krasseste)

  1. crass
  2. coarse, gross

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German krass, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

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krass (neuter singular krast, definite singular and plural krasse, comparative krassare, indefinite superlative krassast, definite superlative krassaste)

  1. crass
  2. coarse, gross

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From German krass, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

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krass (comparative krassare, superlative krassast)

  1. crass (materialistic)
  2. harsh, merciless

Declension

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Inflection of krass
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular krass krassare krassast
Neuter singular krasst krassare krassast
Plural krassa krassare krassast
Masculine plural3 krasse krassare krassast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 krasse krassare krassaste
All krassa krassare krassaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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