Korb

Signification (Anglais)

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

Synonymes

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

Traductions

basket

🧺

cesta

🧺

cesto

🧺

cesto

🧺

mand

🧺

cesta

🧺

korf

🧺

καλάθι

canasta

🧺

cesto

🧺

cestino

🧺

ben

sepet

🧺

cistell

🧺

corbis

🧺

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

koorb

canton de Bâle-Campagne

zaine

Données fournies par : Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɔrp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: korp

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: korb

Appartenant à néerlandais: een korf krijgen

Appartenant à 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.