Korb

Signification (English)

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)

Concepts

panier

🧺

corbeille

couperet

but

seau

refus

panier à couvercle

Synonyms

Abweisung

Körbchen

Zurückweisung

Dietrich

Einkaufskorb

Hahn

Held

🦸‍♂️

Kasten

Kiepe

Kürbis

Punkt

Schädel

💀

Sieb

Tasche

Tor

In-der-Hand-Halten

Bambussieb

Tragkorb

Deckelkorb

Kober

Abfalleimer

Korbschläger

Angeber

Bienenkorb

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

koorb

canton de Bâle-Campagne

zaine

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɔrp/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen haut-allemand: korp

Inherited from ancien haut allemand: korb

Cognate with néerlandais: een korf krijgen

Cognate with suédois: få korgen

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.