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Schrank

Meaning

  1. (masculine,strong) cabinet (storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall), or (specifically):
  2. (masculine,strong) cabinet (storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall), or (specifically):
  3. (masculine,strong) cabinet (storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall), or (specifically):
  4. (masculine,strong) locker (storage compartment with a lock)

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

schaft

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kaschte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃʁaŋk/
Etymology

In summary

From Late Middle High German schranc, from Old High German scranc, from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz (“grid, barrier”), probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with German Low German Schrank (“barrier, barricade”).

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