krum

See also: Krum and krŭm

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

krum (neuter krumt, plural and definite singular attributive krumme)

1. curved, crooked, hooked, arched

Inflection

Inflection of krum

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	krum	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	krumt	—	—2
plural	krumme	—	—2
definite attributive1	krumme	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• krumhorn
• krumme
• krumnæset
• krumrygget
• krumsabel
• krumslutte
• krumstav

See also

• kroget

References

• “krum” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “krum” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)

1. curved
2. bent, crooked

Derived terms

• krumning

Related terms

• krumme (verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

krum

1. imperative of krumme

References

• “krum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

krum (neuter singular krumt, definite singular and plural krumme)

1. curved
2. bent, crooked

Related terms

• krumme (verb)

References

• “krum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German krum, from Old Saxon krumb, from Proto-West Germanic *krump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz.

Adjective

krum (comparative krummare, superlative krummast)

2. (of a person) having a hunched back
3. bent out of shape, crooked (of for example a tree or a body part)
4. (archaic) bent, curved (in general)

Usage notes

Often a bit old-fashioned with connotations of being from hard work or old age in (sense 1).

Declension

Inflection of krum

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	krum	krummare	krummast
neuter singular	krumt	krummare	krummast
plural	krumma	krummare	krummast
masculine plural2	krumme	krummare	krummast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	krumme	krummare	krummaste
all	krumma	krummare	krummaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• krumbukt
• krumelur (“figure made of squiggly lines”)
• krumpassare (“calipers”)

References

• “krum”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “krum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “krum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• krum in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

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Adjective

krum

1. bent; crooked; incorrect