Korb
German (Berlin)
/kɔrp/
noun
Definitions
- basket; creel
- (botany) anthodium inflorescence of a compound flower
- (aviation) nacelle
- (legal) a set of laws around a certain theme
- (informal) rejection of a request, typically romantic, such as a proposal or asking for a date
- (sports) hoop (in basketball)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German korp inherited from Old High German korb inherited from *korb.
Origin
*korb
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corbis Latin
- Aal German
- Aalkorb German
- Abfall German
- Abfallkorb German
- Biene German
- Bienenkorb German
- Blüte German
- Blütenkorb German
- Brot German
- Brotkorb German
- Einkauf German
- Einkaufskorb German
- Fisch German
- Fischkorb German
- Flechter German
- Korbflechter German
- Korbmacher German
- Macher German
- Maul German
- Maulkorb German
- Maulkorberlass German
- Müll German
- Müllkorb German
- Papier German
- Papierkorb German
- Ware German
- Warenkorb German
- Wäsche German
- Wäschekorb German
- korbo Esperanto
- korbopilko Esperanto
- korf Middle Dutch
- korb Old High German
- korbo Ido
- korp Middle High German
- Kuerf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Wäschkuerf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *korb gmw-pro
- *korf Old Dutch
- *korf Old Saxon
- korf Old Frisian
- khorb Mòcheno
- Korreb Hunsrik