Krabbe

See also: krabbe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German and Danish Krabbe.

Proper noun

Krabbe (plural Krabbes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Krabbe is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Krabbe is most common among White (93.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Krabbe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 346.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German and Middle Low German krabbe, probably from the root of krabbeln.

Cognate with Dutch krab, English crab, Old Norse krabbi (Norwegian krabbe, Swedish krabba). Root cognate with crawl, scrape. More at crab. Further origin unknown; either from a substrate language, or, if inherited, related to kerben. Compare Latin carabus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁabə/

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• Hyphenation: Krab‧be

Noun

Krabbe f (genitive Krabbe, plural Krabben)

1. crab
2. shrimp
3. (architecture) crocket

Declension

Declension of Krabbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Krabbe	die	Krabben
genitive	einer	der	Krabbe	der	Krabben
dative	einer	der	Krabbe	den	Krabben
accusative	eine	die	Krabbe	die	Krabben

Hyponyms

• Königskrabbe (“king crab”)

 

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Krabbenbrot
• Krabbenchips
• Krabbenfischer
• Krabbenspinne
• Winkerkrabbe

Related terms

• krabbeln

Proper noun

Krabbe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Krabbes or (with an article) Krabbe, feminine genitive Krabbe, plural Krabbes or Krabbe)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Krabbe” in Duden online
• “Krabbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache