kram
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse krama (“to press, squeeze”), from kremja (“to crush”).
Noun edit
kram n (singular definite krammet, plural indefinite kram)
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
kram n (singular definite krammet, not used in plural form)
- 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 edit
Verb edit
kram
- imperative of kramme
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch cramme, from Proto-West Germanic *krimman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kram f (plural krammen, diminutive krammetje n)
Coordinate terms edit
- (staple): nietje
Descendants edit
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Audio (file)
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kram
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
kram (first-person possessive kramku, second-person possessive krammu, third-person possessive kramnya)
- (medicine, colloquial) alternative spelling of keram (“cramp”).
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kram (neuter singular kramt, definite singular and plural kramme, comparative krammere, indefinite superlative krammest, definite superlative krammeste)
- 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 edit
- “kram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
kram (neuter singular kramt, definite singular and plural kramme, comparative krammare, indefinite superlative krammast, definite superlative krammaste)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German krām, from Old High German kram, itself probably borrowed from Slavic. See modern German Kram.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kram m inan (diminutive kramik)
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Further reading edit
South Efate edit
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kram
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
kram n
- 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 edit
Declension of kram | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | kram | kramet | — | — |
Genitive | krams | kramets | — | — |
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Etymology 2 edit
From the verb krama (“to squeeze, to hug”).
Adjective edit
kram
Declension edit
Inflection of kram | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kram | — | — |
Neuter singular | kramt | — | — |
Plural | krama | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | krame | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | krame | — | — |
All | krama | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms edit
Noun edit
kram c or n
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Declension of kram | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kram | kramen | kramar | kramarna |
Genitive | krams | kramens | kramars | kramarnas |
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- kram in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kram in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)