Kröte
See also: kröte
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German krotte, kröte, krëte, from Old High German chrota, krota, kreta (“toad”), from Proto-West Germanic *krodu.
Noun edit
Kröte f (genitive Kröte, plural Kröten)
Declension edit
Declension of Kröte [feminine]
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- Frosch m
- Kaulquappe f
Etymology 2 edit
Probably a humorous malapropism of German Low German Groten, from Middle Low German grōten, ultimately from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”). Compare German Groschen.
Noun edit
Kröte f (genitive Kröte, plural Kröten)
- (informal, chiefly or only in the plural) money
- 1996, “Silberfische in meinem Bett”, in Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack, performed by Fettes Brot:
- Und beim Schwarzfahren erwischt, und das ist ja ordnungswidrig / 60 Kröten sind flöten – wieder in finanziellen Nöten
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Kröte [feminine]