kräm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kram"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old French cresme.

Noun

kräm c

1. cream, crème

Usage notes

Cream from milk is grädde. Kräm is a viscous cream, like solkräm (“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

Declension of kräm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kräm	kräms
	definite	krämen	krämens
plural	indefinite	krämer	krämers
	definite	krämerna	krämernas

Derived terms

• fruktkräm (“kisel”)
• hudkräm (“skin cream”)
• skokräm (“shoe polish”)
• solkräm (“sun cream”)
• tandkräm (“toothpaste”)
• vaniljkräm (“pastry cream”)

Related terms

• krämig

References

• kräm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kräm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kräm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• märk