krum

See also: Krum and krŭm

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

Verb

krum

  1. imperative of krumme

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German krum.

Adjective

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

  1. curved
  2. bent, crooked

References

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)

  1. (of a person) having a hunched back
  2. bent out of shape, crooked (of for example a tree or a body part)
  3. (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 Superlative2
Common singular krum krummare krummast
Neuter singular krumt krummare krummast
Plural krumma krummare krummast
Masculine plural3 krumme krummare krummast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 krumme krummare krummaste
All krumma krummare krummaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms
  • krumelur (“figure made of squiggly lines”)

References

Tok Pisin

Adjective

krum

  1. bent; crooked; incorrect
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