kram

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kram"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krama (“to press, squeeze”), from kremja (“to crush”).

Noun

kram n (singular definite krammet, plural indefinite kram)

1. hug

Inflection

Declension of kram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kram	krammet	kram	krammene
genitive	krams	krammets	krams	krammenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kram, from Middle Low German kräm (“fine cloth; also used for merchant tents, thus later a synonym for merchandise”), probably ultimately of Slavic origin; see German Kram.

Noun

kram n (singular definite krammet, not used in plural form)

1. stuff, things, goods
   • 2017, Hans Lyngby Jepsen, Træerne, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     For mange mennesker, for mange fødder, for meget støv og for meget billigt kram.

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   • 1929, J. L. Bjørner, Robert Storm Petersen, Frihandelens fane: et økonomiskpolitisk nutidsbillede paa en historisk baggrund:

     Mange bar jo ikke Raad til andet. En Toldlov kan forhindre Importen af billigt Kram, men den kan ikke forhindre, at der opstaar en indenlandsk Fabrikation baseret paa Kram, paa slet, men dyrt Kram, og som kun vil lokke Arbejde og Kapital ...

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   • 1976, Svend Åge Madsen, Tugt og utugt i mellemtiden: roman:

     Der er utallige diske med farvestrålende varer, boder med billigt kram, lokkende skilte, pyramider af dåser, kurve med brød, bokse med frosset kød, alt i ét virvar, der skal gøre kunden så forvirret at hun køber mere end hun har brug for og råd til ...

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Synonyms

• (positive): vare
• (negative): bras, ragelse, møg

Verb

kram

1. imperative of kramme

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cramme, from Middle Dutch crimmen (“to catch, grab (with claws)”), from Proto-West Germanic *krimman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kram
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

kram f (plural krammen, diminutive krammetje n)

1. staple (U-shaped metal fastener to bind materials together, for example to attach fence wire to posts)
2. (Medicine) surgical staple

   Synonym: hechtkram

Hyponyms

• (staple): nietje (to bind sheets of paper together)

Derived terms

• krammen (“to attach or seal with staples”)

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kramchi, kranchi, kramtsje (from the diminutive)

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “KRAM”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

Anagrams

• Mark

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

kram

1. singular imperative of kramen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kramen

Indonesian

Noun

kram (first-person possessive kramku, second-person possessive krammu, third-person possessive kramnya)

1. (medicine, colloquial) alternative spelling of keram (“cramp”).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse krammr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑm/

Adjective

kram (neuter singular kramt, definite singular and plural kramme, comparative krammere, indefinite superlative krammest, definite superlative krammeste)

1. having a temperature near the melting point, wet, sticky (of snow)

   Det er lettere å lage snøballer når snøen er kram.

   Making snowballs is easier when the snow is sticky.

References

• “kram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse krammr.

Adjective

kram (neuter singular kramt, definite singular and plural kramme, comparative krammare, indefinite superlative krammast, definite superlative krammaste)

1. having a temperature near the melting point, wet, sticky (of snow)

References

• “kram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Lexin ordbøker på nett [1]

Polish

Alternative forms

• krom (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German krām, from Old High German kram, itself probably borrowed from Slavic. See modern German Kram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkram/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: kram

Noun

kram m inan (diminutive kramik)

1. (dated) market stall, market stand

   Synonym: stragan

Declension

Declension of kram

	singular	plural
nominative	kram	kramy
genitive	kramu	kramów
dative	kramowi	kramom
accusative	kram	kramy
instrumental	kramem	kramami
locative	kramie	kramach
vocative	kramie	kramy

Derived terms

adjective

• kramarski

 

nouns

• kramarz
• kramnica

 

Further reading

• kram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

South Efate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kram/

Noun

kram

1. axe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑːm/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish kram, from Old Norse kram, from Middle Low German kräm (“fine cloth; also used for merchant tents, thus later a synonym for merchandise”), probably ultimately of Slavic origin; see German Kram. Related to Danish kram, Icelandic kram.

Noun

kram n

1. A merchandise, commodities, small and cheap products sold to consumers; trash (useless merchandise).
   • 1831, Fredrik Cederborgh, Berättelse om Den, först rike och ansedde, sedermera fattige och föraktade John Hall‎^[2], page 5:

     För att kunna åtkomma dylikt, wäl rätt artigt men föga räntegifwande kram, beslöt han, att, med en särdeles wäl försedd kaßa, resa till Danmarks hufwudstad, ungefär trettio mil aflägsen från deß födelseort Götheborg.

     In order to be able to access such, indeed quite proper trifle but not paying much interest, he decided, with a particularly well-stocked coffer, to travel to Denmark's capital city, about thirty miles distant from his birthplace, Gothenburg.

Declension

Declension of kram

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kram	krams
	definite	kramet	kramets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• krimskrams
• kräma

Etymology 2

From the verb krama (“to squeeze, to hug”).

Adjective

kram

1. (of snow) wet, cloggy; that easily forms snowballs

Declension

Inflection of kram

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kram	—	—
neuter singular	kramt	—	—
plural	krama	—	—
masculine plural2	krame	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	krame	—	—
all	krama	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• kramsnö

Noun

kram c or n

1. a hug, an embrace

Declension

Declension of kram

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kram	krams
	definite	kramen	kramens
plural	indefinite	kramar	kramars
	definite	kramarna	kramarnas

Synonyms

• kjam (slang)
• kramis (informal, childish)
• omfamning

Derived terms

• kramis
• kramsjuk
• styrkekram

References

• kram in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kram in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• karm, mark