krank
Meaning
- ill, sick (in bad health)
- (figuratively) sick, morally or mentally degenerate
- (slang) very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁaŋk/
Etymology
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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