Krimskrams
German, noun/ˈkʁɪmsˌkʁaːms/
Krimskrams is spelled K-R-I-M-S-K-R-A-M-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krimskrams is a German masculine noun meaning “odds and ends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ansammlung nutzloser Objekte”.
What does Krimskrams mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineodds and ends
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ansammlung nutzloser Objekte
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 Krimskrams
- Krimskramses genitive
- Krimskramse dative singular
- Krams alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krimskrams?
- /ˈkʁɪmsˌkʁaːms/
- /ˈkʁɪmsˌkʁams/
- [ˈkʁɪmsˌkʁams]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Krimskrams
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Krimskrams in German?
Krimskrams appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).