German

Noun

Kram m ‎(genitive Krams or Krames, no plural)

1. stuff
2. (archaic) little shop; booth; stall

Declension

Derived terms

• den Kram hinschmeißen
• einem nicht in den Kram passen
• kramen
• Krämer
• Kramladen
• Papierkram

Danish

Noun

kram n (singular definite krammet, plural indefinite kram)

1. hug

Inflection

Noun

kram n (singular definite krammet, not used in plural form)

1. stuff, things, trash

Verb

kram

1. imperative of kramme

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

kram c ‎(plural krammen, diminutive krammetje n)

1. cramp, cramp iron
2. clamp, clasp
3. staple
4. hook
5. clevis
6. clinch

Anagrams

• Mark

German

Verb

kram

1. Imperative singular of kramen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of kramen.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse krammr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): krɑm

Adjective

kram

1. having a temperature near the melting moint, wet, sticky (of snow)

   Det er lettere å lage snøballer når snøen er kram.

   Making snowballs is easier when the snow is sticky.

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German krām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kram/

Noun

kram m inan ‎(diminutive kramik)

1. (dated) market stall, market stand

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) kramarz
  • (adjective) kramarski

Synonyms

• stragan

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish kram, from Old Norse kram, from Middle Low German kräm ‎(“fine cloth; also used for merchant tents, thus later a synonym for merchandise”). Compare Danish, Icelandic, German Kram.

Noun

kram n

1. merchandise, commodities, small and cheap products sold to consumers; trash (useless merchandise)

Declension

Related terms

• kräma

Etymology 2

From the verb krama ‎(“to squeeze, to hug”)

Adjective

kram

1. (of snow) wet, cloggy; that easily forms snowballs

Declension

Related terms

• kramsnö

Noun

kram c, n

1. a hug, an embrace

Declension

Synonyms

• omfamning

References

• kram in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• kram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.