Crux

See also: crux

English

Etymology

Latin crux (“a cross”)

Proper noun

Crux

  1. (astronomy) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

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Translations

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crux.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʁʊks/
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Noun

Crux f (genitive Crux, no plural)

  1. crux desperationis, an unreadable part in a writing
    • 1913, Nöldeke, Theodor, “Anzeigen: Deutsche Aksum-Expedition. Hg. von der Generalverwaltung der Kgl. Museen zu Berlin. Bd. IV. Sabaische, griechische, und altabessinische Inschriften. Von Enno Littmann. Mit 6 Tafeln, 1 Karte und 109 Textabbildungen. Berlin 1913. (94 S. Folio.) M. 17.—.”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎, volume 67, page 704:
      Aber die folgenden Worte passen kaum dazu. So bleibt auch diese crux bestehen.
      But the following words hardly fit thereunto. Thus this crux bides, too.
  2. trouble, difficulty, crux
    Synonyms: Knackpunkt, Schwierigkeit
    Das ist die Crux an dieser Sache.
    That is the crux of this matter.
  3. grief
    Synonyms: Not, Leid, Kummer
    Man hat schon seine Crux mit Fred – er ist schon wieder krank.
    One has his cross to bear with Fred--he's ill again.

Usage notes

Duden recommends the spelling Krux.

Declension
Declension of Crux [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Crux
genitive einer der Crux
dative einer der Crux
accusative eine die Crux

Further reading

Portuguese

Proper noun

Crux f

  1. (astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)
    Synonym: Cruzeiro do Sul

Spanish

Proper noun

Crux f

  1. (astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)
    Synonym: Cruz del Sur
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