kurv.
a container, originally woven and often having a handle, used to carry or store things; a basket
Meaning & usage
a container, originally woven and often having a handle, used to carry or store things; a basket
a rejection, especially of a proposal of marriage or a romantic advance
Hun gav ham kurven.
the contents of a basket; an amount that a basket holds
Bærene koster 40 kroner kurven.
a wicker bassinet or cradle for an infant
the basket suspended beneath a balloon or airship, used to carry passengers or cargo
the basket or hoop through which the ball is thrown
an enclosed cage or platform travelling vertically in a mine shaft
a pollen basket or corbicula on the body of certain insects, especially bees
a capitulum; a dense flower head whose sessile flowers are borne on a flat, rounded or conical receptacle
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Danish kurv, from Old Danish korw, itself borrowed from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb. The further origin is uncertain; a traditional connection with Latin corbis (“basket”) is disputed. The basketball sense is a semantic loan from English basket. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk korg, Faroese kurv, Icelandic korf, Swedish korg, Dutch korf and German Korb (“basket”), as well as English corf (“basket used in mining”).
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