Korb.
basket, creel
Meaning & usage
basket, creel
Ich brauche einen Korb für die Beeren, die ich pflücke.
basket, creel hoop
basket, creel anthodium (inflorescence of a compound flower)
basket, creel nacelle
a variety, selection, range
a variety, selection, range a set of laws around a certain theme
rebuff (rejection of a request, especially romantic, such as a proposal or asking for a date)
einen Korb bekommen/kriegen
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German korp, from Old High German korb, chorp, from Proto-West Germanic *korb. The sense “rejection of a (romantic) request” is formed back from the expressions einen Korb geben (“to so reject”), einen Korb kriegen (“to be so rejected”). These derive from certain older customs, which involved a bottomless basket as a symbol of the end or inexistence of love. The further origin of this symbol seems uncertain, though it has been plausibly related to the apparent mediaeval practice of pulling a secret visitor up to one’s window in a basket. Compare the same in Dutch een korf krijgen, Swedish få korgen and Danish få en kurv.
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