Noun: kræft
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | kræft |
| Sg. definite | kræften |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | kræfts |
| Sg. definite | kræftens |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kræft
vietnamesiskhed,
sydøst,
urologi,
sejhed,
snuhed,
samtid,
pubertet,
sodomi,
krigsliderlighed,
colombianskhed,
vuggedød,
kwashiorkor,
babysvømning,
selvtægt,
brugskunst,
meteorregn,
færøskhed,
skafning,
hviderussiskhed,
labilitet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Middle Low German kreft, krevet (“crayfish, cancer”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Cognates include Swedish kräfta (“crayfish, cancer”) (also from Low German), German Krebs (“crayfish, cancer”) and Dutch kreeft (“crayfish”). The Danish word krebs (“crayfish”) is a German loan.
2. The transferred meaning is influenced by Latin cancer (which in turn is influenced by Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crayfish, cancer”)). See: Swedish Nouns '
kräfta', German Nouns '
Krebs', Dutch Nouns '
kreeft', Latin Nouns '
cancer', Ancient Greek Nouns '
καρκίνος'.
Verbs referencing "kræft"
Danish Nouns
krebs.
Translations