korg

Swedish

korg

Etymology

From Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, karfa, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz, from either Proto-Germanic *kurbiz, Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ, or a borrowing from Latin corbis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrj/

• Audio:

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Noun

korg c

1. basket (container)
2. Short for vagnskorg (“body of a train waggon”).

Declension

Declension of korg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	korg	korgen	korgar	korgarna
Genitive	korgs	korgens	korgars	korgarnas

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• krog