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Krebs

Krebs proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Krebs (countable and uncountable, plural Krebs or Krebses)

  1. (countable) A surname from German.
  2. A city in Oklahoma, United States.

Forms of Krebs

pluralKrebs
pluralKrebses
alternative formCreps

Origin of Krebs

As a German, Alemannic German, and occasionally Danish surname, from the noun Krebs (“crab”).

Words formed from Krebs

Questions about Krebs

What does Krebs mean?
Krebs means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Krebs?
Krebs is a proper noun.

Words near Krebs in the dictionary

  1. kreatines
  2. kreatinin
  3. kreatinins
  4. kreatins
  5. Krebiozen
  6. Krebs
  7. Krebs cycle
  8. Krebs-Henseleit solution
  9. Krebs-Henseleit solutions
  10. Krebses
  11. KREC

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