Kram

Meaning

1. (colloquial,derogatory,masculine,no-plural,strong) stuff
2. (archaic,masculine,no-plural,strong) little shop; booth; stall

Concepts

stuff

junk

rubbish

affair

article

fellow

goods

thing

garbage

odds and ends

trash

rummage

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁaːm/

Etymology

From Middle High German krām (“merchant tent; wares”), from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).
The semantic development is “tent cloth” → “merchant tent” → “shop” → “wares” → “stuff”. Cognate with Dutch kraam (“booth, stall”). and Yiddish קראָם (krom, “shop”). More at crame.

Sentences

Auf dem Dachboden meiner kürzlich verstorbenen Urgroßmutter haben wir allerhand alten Kram gefunden .

We found all kinds of old stuff in the attic of my recently deceased great-grandmother.