kurv

See also: Kurv

Danish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Danish korw, borrowed from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon *korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurˀv/, [ˈkʰuɐ̯ˀw] or IPA^(key): /korˀv/, [ˈkʰoɐ̯ˀw]

Noun

kurv c (singular definite kurven, plural indefinite kurve)

1. basket

Inflection

Declension of kurv

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kurv	kurven	kurve	kurvene
genitive	kurvs	kurvens	kurves	kurvenes

Derived terms

• affaldskurv
• kurvearbejde
• kurveflet
• kurvefletning
• kurvefletter
• kurveforløb
• kurvekuffert
• kurvemager
• kurvemøbel

 

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: kurv

References

• “kurv” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kurv” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurˀv/, [ˈkʰuɐ̯ˀw]

Verb

kurv

1. imperative of kurve

Estonian

Etymology

From German Kurve.

Noun

kurv (genitive kurvi, partitive kurvi)

1. curve, bend

Declension

Declension of kurv (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kurv	kurvid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kurvi
genitive			kurvide
partitive		kurvi	kurve kurvisid
illative		kurvi kurvisse	kurvidesse kurvesse
inessive		kurvis	kurvides kurves
elative		kurvist	kurvidest kurvest
allative		kurvile	kurvidele kurvele
adessive		kurvil	kurvidel kurvel
ablative		kurvilt	kurvidelt kurvelt
translative		kurviks	kurvideks kurveks
terminative		kurvini	kurvideni
essive		kurvina	kurvidena
abessive		kurvita	kurvideta
comitative		kurviga	kurvidega

Faroese

Noun

kurv f

1. basket

Derived terms

• kurvabóltur

Mapudungun

Adjective

kurv (Raguileo spelling)

1. black

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• korg (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Danish kurv.

Noun

kurv m (definite singular kurven, indefinite plural kurver, definite plural kurvene)

1. a basket

Derived terms

• hengende kurv

References

• “kurv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva), compare Ingrian kurva, Livvi kurvu and Karelian kurva.

Noun

kurv

1. (vulgar) whore, slut

Inflection

Inflection of kurv (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	kurv
genitive sing.	kurvan
partitive sing.	kurvad
partitive plur.	kurvid
	singular	plural
nominative	kurv	kurvad
accusative	kurvan	kurvad
genitive	kurvan	kurviden
partitive	kurvad	kurvid
essive-instructive	kurvan	kurvin
translative	kurvaks	kurvikš
inessive	kurvas	kurviš
elative	kurvaspäi	kurvišpäi
illative	kurvaha	kurvihe
adessive	kurval	kurvil
ablative	kurvalpäi	kurvilpäi
allative	kurvale	kurvile
abessive	kurvata	kurvita
comitative	kurvanke	kurvidenke
prolative	kurvadme	kurvidme
approximative I	kurvanno	kurvidenno
approximative II	kurvannoks	kurvidennoks
egressive	kurvannopäi	kurvidennopäi
terminative I	kurvahasai	kurvihesai
terminative II	kurvalesai	kurvilesai
terminative III	kurvassai	—
additive I	kurvahapäi	kurvihepäi
additive II	kurvalepäi	kurvilepäi

References

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kurva”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN