Krach

From Middle High German krach, from Old High German krah, krac.

• IPA^(key): /kʁax/, [kʁäχ]

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• Rhymes: -ax

Krach m (strong, genitive Kraches or Krachs, plural Kräche)

1. crash
2. loud noise, ruckus

   Synonym: Lärm m

   Bei dem ganzen Krach konnten wir gar nicht schlafen.

   We couldn't sleep at all with all that noise.

3. trouble, quarrel, fight (angry disagreement, especially with someone one already has a close connection to)

   Synonyms: Zoff m, Streit m

   Sie hatte Krach mit ihrem Freund.

   She had a fight with her boyfriend.

• Börsenkrach m

• mit Ach und Krach

• krachen

• → Belarusian: крах (krax)
• → Czech: krach
• → Greek: κραχ (krach)
• → Dutch: krach
• → French: krach
• → Polish: krach
• → Romanian: crah
• → Russian: крах (krax)
• → Ukrainian: крах (krax)

• Geräusch n
• Lärm m
• Laut m

• “Krach” in Duden online
• “Krach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Krach” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Middle High German krach, from Old High German chrac, ultimately from the root of krache (“to crack”).

• IPA^(key): /krax/

Krach m (plural Krech)

1. brawl, racket

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Krach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Krach m

1. crash
2. crack
3. noise