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kran.

a crane (machinery)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/krɑːn/

  1. a crane (machinery)

    common-gender

  2. a tap, a faucet

    common-gender

  3. a (big) nose of a human

    colloquial · common-gender

  4. a drug dealer

    colloquial · common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German kran, from krane (“crane”), from Old Saxon *krano, from Proto-West Germanic *kranō.

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