Krebs
German, noun/kʁeːps/
Krebs is a German masculine noun meaning “crustacean, crab, crayfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Tier des Stamms Krebstiere (Crustacea), umgangssprachlich meist nur ein Tier der Klasse Höhere Krebse…”.
What does Krebs mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrustacean, crab, crayfish
- 2
masculinecancer (disease)
- 3
masculineCancer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Tier des Stamms Krebstiere (Crustacea), umgangssprachlich meist nur ein Tier der Klasse Höhere Krebse (Malacostraca) 2. eine bösartige Tumorerkrankung 3. ein zu den Tierkreiszeichen zählendes, relativ lichtschwaches Sternbild in Form eines kopfstehenden "Y" am nördlichen Sternenhimmel 4. eines der zwölf Tierkreiszeichen (der umgangssprachlich so genannten Sternzeichen)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Krebs
- Krebses genitive
- Krebse plural
- Krebsen dative definite plural
- [3] Cnc abbreviation
- ♋ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krebs?
- /kʁeːps/
- [kʰʁ̥eːps]
- /kʁɛps/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Krebs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Krebs in German?
Krebs appears 22 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).