Krug

Krug

1. A surname​.
   • 2009 April 14, Patricia Sullivan, “Judith Krug”, in The Washington Post‎:

     Director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1967, Mrs. Krug was a national leader in several legal cases that rose to the Supreme Court.

• IPA^(key): /kruːk/
• IPA^(key): /kruːx/ (Germany, may be perceived as colloquial depending on speaker)
• Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx

From Middle High German kruoc, from Old High German kruog. Immediate cognates are Middle Dutch kroech, Old English crōg. Further origin unsettled. The originally Low German Kruke (“crock”), cognate with English crock, is another word, though a relation with Krug is considered likely.

Krug m (genitive Krugs or Kruges, plural Krüge)

1. jug

• Kanne

From Middle Low German krôch, krûch, whence German Low German Kroog and through borrowing Dutch kroeg (“pub”), Swedish krog. Further origin unknown. A relation with etymology 1 cannot be ruled out, but is considered unlikely by most authorities.

Krug m (genitive Krugs or Kruges, plural Krüge)

1. (dated, regional, Northern Germany) pub; bar

• The word as such has now become rare, but it is still found in the names of many traditional pubs in northern Germany.

• Kneipe (see there for further synonyms)

• Krug in Duden online