Etymology

verkramp

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Today it means: Politically conservative. Full definition →

Afrikaans verkramp
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromverkramp“narrow, cramped”
  2. English todayverkramp

Borrowed from Afrikaans verkramp (“narrow, cramped”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.