kram
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- merchandise, commodities, small and cheap products sold to consumers; trash (useless merchandise)
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish kram derived from Old Norse kram derived from Middle Low German kräm (also used for merchant tents, thus later a synonym for merchandise, fine cloth).
Origin
Middle Low German
kräm
Gloss
also used for merchant tents, thus later a synonym for merchandise, fine cloth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crame English
- Kram German
- Krämer German
- Papierkram German
- Schweinkram German
- Süßkram German
- Tüddelkram German
- handlare Swedish
- kramis Swedish
- lärft Swedish
- lärftskramhandlare Swedish
- lärftskramhandlarsocietet Swedish
- kram Old Norse
- krama Old Norse
- kram Danish
- krammer Danish
- krama Serbo-Croatian
- krām Middle High German
- kraam Estonian
- kräm Middle Low German
- kram Old Swedish
- gramŭ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian