krumm
German, adjective
krumm is spelled K-R-U-M-M (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krumm is a German adjective meaning “crooked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, krümm is a different word: “singular imperative of krümmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht gerade, sondern mit einer oder mehreren bogenförmigen Abweichungen”.
What does krumm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crooked
- 2
datedlame, limping
verb
- 1
singular imperative of krümmen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of krümmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht gerade, sondern mit einer oder mehreren bogenförmigen Abweichungen 2. gegen das Gesetz verstoßend
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 krumm
- krummer masculine nominative singular
- krümmer comparative
- am krummsten superlative
- am krümmsten superlative
- krumme feminine nominative singular
- krummes neuter nominative singular
- krummen genitive masculine singular
- krummem dative masculine singular
- der krumme definite includes-article masculine
- die krumme definite feminine includes-article
- das krumme definite includes-article neuter
- die krummen definite includes-article nominative
- des krummen definite genitive includes-article
- der krummen definite feminine genitive
- dem krummen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to krumm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is krumm in German?
krumm appears 2.0 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).