# der Krampus

der Krampus is a German noun meaning “Krampus”. Forms: des Krampusses, die Krampusse.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Krampusses
- Plural: die Krampusse

## In other languages

- Українська: Крампус

## Noun

1. _Austria · Bavaria_ Krampus (beast in the folklore of Alpine countries)
   - Nikolo der leibhaftige Krampus gekommen und habe, anstatt ein Geschenk zu bringen, nur „Geld und Blut“ gefordert. — Saint Nicholas became the Krampus personified and, instead of bringing a gift, just demanded "gold and blood".

## Noun

1. cramp
   - Die Unterscheidung in der Pathogenese des lokalisierten Krampus und der Krampus-Krankheit hat sicherlich ihre Berechtigung, denn es bestehen weit mehr als rein quantitative Abstufungen zwischen ihren. — The distinction in pathogenesis of localised cramp and the cramping-sickness surely has its justification, as there are far more than purely quantitative gradations between them.

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