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krans

krans is the alternative form of krantz.

Meaning of krantz

Noun

krantz (plural krantzes)

  1. An encircling or overhanging wall of rock.
    • The awful silence of this sepulchral place was presently , as we rested for ten minutes , broken by a posse of baboons , who having espied us from their krantzes above, came shoggling down to see what we were.1889, Henry Anderson Bryde, Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony

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Proper noun capitalized: Krans

Krans (plural Kranses)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of krans

Noun
pluralkranses
Proper noun
pluralKranses

Origin of krans

Borrowed from Dutch Krans.

Questions about krans

What does krans mean?
Krans means a surname from Dutch.
What is krans the alternative form of?
Krans is the alternative form of krantz.
What part of speech is krans?
Krans is a proper noun.

Words near krans in the dictionary

  1. krangs
  2. Krank
  3. Kranks
  4. kranocyte
  5. kranocytes
  6. krans
  7. kransekage
  8. kransekager
  9. kransekake
  10. kransekakes
  11. kranses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: krans (page history and authors); Krans (page history and authors); krantz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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