krum

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See also: Krum and krŭm

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

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krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)

  1. curved

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

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krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)

  1. curved
  2. bent, crooked
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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krum

  1. imperative of krumme

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

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krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)

  1. curved
  2. bent, crooked
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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German krum, from Old Saxon krumb, from Proto-West Germanic *krump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz.

Adjective

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krum (comparative krummare, superlative krummast)

  1. (of a person) having a hunched back
  2. bent out of shape, crooked (of for example a tree or a body part)
  3. (archaic) bent, curved (in general)

Usage notes

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Often a bit old-fashioned with connotations of being from hard work or old age in (sense 1).

Declension

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Inflection of krum
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular krum krummare krummast
Neuter singular krumt krummare krummast
Plural krumma krummare krummast
Masculine plural3 krumme krummare krummast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 krumme krummare krummaste
All krumma krummare krummaste
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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Tok Pisin

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Adjective

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krum

  1. bent; crooked; incorrect