Masculine

Kropf

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) crop, craw (part of a bird's throat)
  2. (masculine, strong) goitre (enlargement of the neck)

Synonyms

Satthals

Schilddrüsenvergrößerung

Schilddrüsenschwellung

Skrofeln

Kehlsack

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gropf

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/krɔpf/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German kropf, from Old High German kropf, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Cognate with English crop, which see.

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