English

Proper noun

Krebs

1. A surname​.
2. A city in Oklahoma

German

Etymology

From Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, akin to Dutch kreeft. From Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‎(“to scratch”), see also Old Prussian gīrbin ‎(“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии ‎(žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν ‎(gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁeːps/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /kʁɛps/ (regionally, chiefly western German)

Noun

Krebs m ‎(genitive Krebses, plural Krebse)

1. crab
2. cancer (disease)
3. Cancer (astrology)

Declension

Derived terms

• krebshemmend
• krebskrank

Danish

Noun

krebs c (singular definite krebsen, plural indefinite krebs)

1. crayfish
2. Cancer (someone with a Cancer star sign)

Inflection

See also

• krebs on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da