korg

Malay

Alternative forms

• korunk (eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoraŋ/ [ˈko.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -oraŋ, -aŋ

Pronoun

korg

1. (Internet, text messaging) abbreviation of korang

   Korg ada nak order pape? ― Do you guys want to order anything?

   • 2025 April 20, liyanaaamalek, Thread‎^[1]:

     korg ni kenapa bebal sgt makan apa korg ni

     What did y'all ate for y'all to be this dumb

   • 2024 June 15, 🌈cherrybloom🌈, Lemon8‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 May 2025:

     Harap ini membantu korg byeee.

     Hopefully this helps y'all byeee.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kurv (current alternative form)

Etymology

Inherited through Norwegian dialects from Old Norse korf, itself borrowed from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb. The further origin is uncertain; a traditional connection with Latin corbis (“basket”) is disputed.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk korg, Swedish korg, Icelandic korf, Faroese kurv, Dutch korf and German Korb (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrɡ/, [ˈkɔɾɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɔrɡ
• Hyphenation: korg

Noun

korg f or m (definite singular korga or korgen, indefinite plural korger, definite plural korgene)

1. alternative form of kurv (“basket”)
2. (botany) alternative form of kurv (“flower head, capitulum”)

Derived terms

• brødkorg (“breadbasket”)
• handlekorg (“shopping basket”)
• korgmaker (“basketmaker”)
• papirkorg (“wastepaper basket; recycle bin”)

References

• “korg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kurv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

korg f (definite singular korga, indefinite plural korger, definite plural korgene)

1. basket

Derived terms

• lysterkorg (“an iron basket with burning rushlights, used for fishing with spear at night time”)

Swedish

korgar

Etymology

From Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, karfa, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrj/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

korg c

1. a basket (container)

   en korg med äpplen

   a basket of apples

2. short for vagnskorg (“body of a train wagon”)

Declension

Declension of korg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	korg	korgs
	definite	korgen	korgens
plural	indefinite	korgar	korgars
	definite	korgarna	korgarnas

Derived terms

• barnkorg
• basketkorg
• brevkorg
• brödkorg
• bröstkorg
• cykelkorg
• få korgen (compare German einen Korb bekommen and Danish få en kurv)
• ge korgen / ge någon korgen (compare Norwegian Bokmål gi kurven and Danish give en kurv)
• hårkorg
• inkorg
• klädkorg
• korgboll
• kundkorg
• papperskorg
• skräpkorg
• tvättkorg
• utkorg
• äggkorg

References

• “korg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “korg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• krog