Korb

Meaning

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

basket

🧺

axe

🪓

handbasket

rebuff

handbag

👜

basket

🧺

pannier

purse

👛

basket

🧺

rejection

sieve

trash

weir

Korb

bin

goal

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

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

koorb

Basel-Landschaft

zaine

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔrp/

Etymology

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.