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krebs.

crayfish

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʰʁ̥ab̥s][ˈkʰʁ̥ɑb̥s]

  1. crayfish

    common-gender

  2. Cancer (someone with a Cancer star sign)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From German Krebs (“crab, cancer”), from Middle High German krebz, from Old High German krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Danish kræft (“cancer”) is borrowed from the Low German form of this word.

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