Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

krog

/kɹˈɑɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: krog
IPA: /kɹˈɑɡ/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from krog (“corner, nook”). * As a Danish, north German and Norwegian surname, from German Krug (“pub, inn”), which is also found in Swedish krog. * Also as a north German surname, from Middle Low German kroch (“enclosed piece of pasture”), from Proto-Germanic *kruftaz (“a hill; a curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend; arch, crook, curve”). Likely related to crop. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krug (“ring, circle”, also "wooded area, forest").

Origin

Source language: Danish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Krug, kroch, *kruftaz, *grewb-

Inflected Forms

Krogs (plural)

Rhymes With

fog frog og prague hog bog jog hogg smog clog slog rog

Questions

How do you pronounce krog?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈɑɡ/.
What does krog mean?: A surname.
Where does krog come from?: It is traced to Danish.

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