Masculine

Krampf

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) cramp
  2. (masculine, strong) convulsion, seizure
  3. (colloquial, figuratively, masculine, strong) strain, drudgery

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grampf

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spanner

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁam(p)f/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German kramph, cramph, from Old High German krampho, chrampho, chramph, from Proto-West Germanic *krampu, from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). More at cramp.

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