kräm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kram"
Swedish
Etymology
From Old French cresme.
Noun
kräm c
- cream, crème (viscous substance)
Usage notes
Cream from milk is grädde. Kräm is a viscous cream, like solkräm (“sunscreen, sun cream”) or hudkräm (“skin cream”), and also includes other substances (usually either practical or edible) with a similar consistency, like for example tandkräm (“toothpaste”), skokräm (“shoe polish”), and fruktkräm (“kisel”).
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kräm | kräms |
| definite | krämen | krämens | |
| plural | indefinite | krämer | krämers |
| definite | krämerna | krämernas |
Derived terms
- aprikoskräm (“apricot kisel”)
- blåbärskräm (“blueberry kisel”)
- fruktkräm (“kisel”)
- hallonkräm (“raspberry kisel”)
- hudkräm (“skin cream”)
- jordgubbskräm (“strawberry kisel”)
- rabarberkräm (“rhubarb kisel”)
- skokräm (“shoe polish”)
- solkräm (“sun cream”)
- tandkräm (“toothpaste”)
- vaniljkräm (“pastry cream”)
- äppelkräm (“apple kisel”)
Related terms
See also
References
- kräm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kräm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kräm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)