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Korb

(Αγγλικός)

  1. (masculine, strong) basket, creel
  2. (masculine, strong) basket, creel
  3. (masculine, strong) basket, creel
  4. (masculine, strong) basket, creel
  5. (figuratively, masculine, often, strong) a variety, selection, range
  6. (figuratively, masculine, often, strong) a variety, selection, range
  7. (informal, masculine, strong) rebuff (rejection of a request, especially romantic, such as a proposal or asking for a date)

Συχνότητα

C1
Διάλεκτοι

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

koorb

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

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Δεδομένα που παρέχονται από: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/kɔrp/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle High German korp, from Old High German korb, chorp, from Proto-West Germanic *korb. The sense “rejection of a (romantic) request” is formed back from the expressions einen Korb geben (“to so reject”), einen Korb kriegen (“to be so rejected”). These derive from certain older customs, which involved a bottomless basket as a symbol of the end or inexistence of love. The further origin of this symbol seems uncertain, though it has been plausibly related to the apparent mediaeval practice of pulling a secret visitor up to one’s window in a basket. Compare the same in Dutch een korf krijgen and Swedish få korgen.

καλάθι

πανέρι

κάνιστρο

στεφάνη

ka’laθi

kaláthi

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