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krank

Meaning

  1. ill, sick (in bad health)
  2. (figuratively) sick, morally or mentally degenerate
  3. (slang) very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

chrank

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grangg

Zürich

Zürich

krank

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁaŋk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German krank, from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“crooked, weak”). Cognate with English crank.

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