Polyglot Dictionary

Krabbe

/ˈkʁabə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Krabben

Meaning

  1. crab, shrimp

    • Wir aßen Krabben am Hafen.

      We ate shrimp at the harbour.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

garnele

Krabbe primarily means "crab," but colloquially can also mean a small shrimp; Garnele is the standard term for "shrimp" — worth knowing the ambiguity.

Practice

1 What does Krabbe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir aßen ___ am Hafen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Krabbe?

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