crank

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From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”).

From Middle English crank, cronk, from a shortening of Old English crancstæf (“weaving tool, crank”, literally “bent or crooked staff”), the first element ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Māori: tukoki — liable to capsize of a boat
• Māori: tūkokikoki — liable to capsize of a boat
• Māori: hūkokikoki — liable to capsize of a boat
• Arabic: مِرْفَق (mirfaq) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Bulgarian: коляно (koljano) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Bulgarian: манивела (manivela) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Catalan: maneta — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Chinese Mandarin: 曲柄 (qūbǐng) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Czech: klika — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Dutch: zwengel — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Dutch: krukas — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Esperanto: kranko — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Finnish: kampi — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Finnish: veivi — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• French: manivelle — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• German: Kurbel — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Greek: στρόφαλος (strófalos) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Hungarian: kurbli — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Irish: crangaid — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Italian: manovella — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Macedonian: ку́рбла (kúrbla) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Norman: chanolle — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Norwegian Bokmål: sveiv — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Plautdietsch: Krenkj — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Portuguese: manivela — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Romanian: manivelă coarbă — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Russian: кривоши́п (krivošíp) — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Slovak: kľuka — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Spanish: manivela — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Spanish: cigüeñuela — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Spanish: rabil — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Spanish: biela — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Swedish: vev — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Turkish: kol — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Turkish: manivela — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Vietnamese: giò đĩa — a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation
• Finnish: veivaaminen — act of turning a crankshaft
• Finnish: kampeaminen — act of turning a crankshaft
• Finnish: veivaus — act of turning a crankshaft
• German: Kurbeln — act of turning a crankshaft
• Macedonian: вр́тење (vŕtenje) — act of turning a crankshaft
• Romanian: rotire — act of turning a crankshaft
• Romanian: învârtire — act of turning a crankshaft
• Spanish: rotar — act of turning a crankshaft
• Spanish: girar — act of turning a crankshaft
• Spanish: dar vuelta a — act of turning a crankshaft
• Swedish: vevning — act of turning a crankshaft
• Turkish: kolu çevirme — act of turning a crankshaft
• Finnish: mutka — any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage
• Russian: крюк (krjuk) — any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage
• Russian: поворо́т (povorót) — any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage
• Russian: изги́б (izgíb) — any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage
• Spanish: curva — any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage
• Swedish: krök — any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage
• Bulgarian: темерут (temerut) — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Finnish: kränkkä — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Finnish: känkkäränkkä — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Finnish: kääkkä — ill-tempered or nasty person
• German: Miesepeter — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Greek: μονομανής (monomanís) — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Greek: λοξίας (loxías) — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Macedonian: на́мќор (námḱor) — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Romanian: maniac — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Serbo-Croatian: čùdāk — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Serbo-Croatian: čudàkinja — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Spanish: cascarrabias — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Spanish: maniático — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Turkish: huysuz — ill-tempered or nasty person
• Bulgarian: чудак (čudak) — slang: strange person
• French: tordu — slang: strange person
• French: original — slang: strange person
• German: Sonderling — slang: strange person
• German: Spinner — slang: strange person
• German: wunderlicher Kauz — slang: strange person
• Macedonian: чу́дак (čúdak) — slang: strange person
• Russian: чуда́к (čudák) — slang: strange person
• Swedish: original — slang: strange person
• Swedish: fåne — slang: strange person
• Turkish: acaip — slang: strange person
• Turkish: kimse — slang: strange person
• Chinese Mandarin: 民間科學家 /民间科学家 (mínjiān kēxuéjiā) — pseudoscience advocate
• Chinese Mandarin: 民科 (mínkē) — pseudoscience advocate
• Dutch: aluhoedje — pseudoscience advocate
• Dutch: complotdenker — pseudoscience advocate
• Russian: фрик (frik) — pseudoscience advocate
• Finnish: käänne — twist or turn in speech
• Finnish: veivaus — twist or turn in speech
• Turkish: kelime oyunu — twist or turn in speech
• Dutch: aanzwengelen — to turn by means of a crank
• German: ankurbeln — to turn by means of a crank
• Dutch: zwengelen — to turn a crank
• Finnish: kammeta — to turn a crank
• Finnish: veivata — to turn a crank
• German: kurbeln — to turn a crank
• Norwegian Bokmål: sveive — to turn a crank
• Slovak: roztociť — to turn a crank
• Slovak: vypeckovať — to turn a crank
• Swedish: veva — to turn a crank
• Finnish: pyörittää — to cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank
• Finnish: marmattaa — to act in a cranky manner
• Finnish: valittaa — to act in a cranky manner
• Finnish: pyöräyttää — to produce or present a desired object