קראָם

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German krām (“merchant tent; wares”), from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).[1] Cognate with German Kram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁɔm/

Noun

קראָם • (krom) f, plural קראָמען (kromen), diminutive קרעמל (kreml)

  1. shop, store (establishment that sells goods)
    Synonyms: געשעפֿט (gesheft), קלייט (kleyt)
    חן און מזל קויפֿט מען נישט אין קראָם.
    kheyn un mazl koyft men nisht in krom.
    one cannot buy favor or luck in a store.

Derived terms

  • אוניווערסאַל־קראָם (universal-krom)
  • אײַזנקראָם (ayznkrom), אײַזנוואַרגקראָם (ayznvargkrom)
  • אַפּטייקקראָם (apteykkrom, “pharmacist”)
  • באַקאַליי־קראָם (bakaley-krom)
  • ביכערקראָם (bikherkrom)
  • בשמים־קראָם (bsomim-krom, “spice shop”)
  • הוטקראָם (hutkrom, “hat shop”)
  • טאַנדעטקראָם (tandetkrom, “second-hand shop”)
  • צירונגקראָם (tsirungkrom, “jewelry store”)
  • קליידערקראָם (kleyderkrom, “clothes store”)
  • שוכקראָם (shukhkrom, “shoe shop”)
  • שניטקראָם (shnitkrom, “dry goods store”)
  • שפּאָרקראָם (shporkrom, “thrift shop”)
  • שפּײַזקראָם (shpayzkrom)
  • שפּילכלקראָם (shpilkhlkrom, “toy shop”)

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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