Korb

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(masculine, strong) basket, creel
(figuratively, masculine, often, strong) a variety, selection, range
(figuratively, masculine, often, strong) a variety, selection, range
(informal, masculine, strong) rebuff (rejection of a request, especially romantic, such as a proposal or asking for a date)

Pircarînî

Basel-Landschaft (de)

koorb

Basel-Landschaft (de)

zaine

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/kɔrp/

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi swêdî

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.