Krebs

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) crustacean, crab, crayfish
2. (masculine, strong) cancer (disease)
3. (masculine, strong) Cancer

Concepts

cancer

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Cancer

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crayfish

crab

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Crab

crawfish

zodiac

cankers

oncology

neoplasms

carcinoma

neuroblastoma

canker

animal tumours

plant tumors

plant tumours

troglobite

crab

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Synonyms

Karzinom

Krabbe

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Flusskrebs

Krebsgeschwulst

Cancer

Krebsleiden

bösartige Tumorerkrankung

Neoplasma

bösartige Geschwulst

Krebserkrankung

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Neuroblastom

Pflanzentumor

Tumor Im Tier

Krabbenfleisch

krebskrank

Krebstier

Malignom

Neoplasie

Onkologie

Panzerkrebs

Flußkrebs

Translations

cancer

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cáncer

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cancro

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cangrejo

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Cancro

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Cancer

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écrevisse

καρκίνος

caranguejo

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Καρκίνος

kanker

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cancer

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Kreeft

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gräbs

St. Gallen

galoppiarandì uuszeerìg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁeːps/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: krebz

Inherited from Old High German: crebiz

Cognate with Prussian: gīrbin

Cognate with Church Slavic: жрѣбии

Cognate with Ancient Greek: γράφειν

Cognate with Dutch: kreeft

In summary

From Middle High German krebz, krebez, krebeze, from Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”), see also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”), Dutch kreeft.
The sense “cancer” is a semantic loan from Latin cancer. By metathesis from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.
Compare Krabbe, English crab.