Krebs

Etymology
As a, , and occasionally surname, from the noun.

Etymology
From, , , from , , from , from , from , see also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The sense is a. By metathesis from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.

Pronunciation

 * (standard)
 * (regionally, chiefly western German)

Noun

 * 1) crustacean, crab, crayfish
 * 2) cancer (disease)
 * 3)  Cancer

Etymology
From, , , from , , from.

Noun

 * 1) crab
 * 2) cancer