krantz

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noun

An encircling or overhanging wall of rock.

OriginAfrikaans krans ← Dutch krans ← Middle Dutch crans →
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Meanings

krantz1

nounkrantz (plural krantzes)

plural krantzes · alternative krans

  1. An encircling or overhanging wall of rock.

    The awful silence of this sepulchral place was presently , as we rested for ten minutes , broken by a posse of baboons , who having espied us from their krantzes above, came shoggling down to see what we were.

    1889, Henry Anderson Bryde, Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony

Krantz2

proper nounKrantz (plural Krantzes)

plural Krantzes

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. GermanKranz
  2. Proto-Germanic*kringaz“circle, ring”
  3. Old High Germankranz
  4. Middle High Germankranz
  5. Middle Dutchcrans
  6. Dutchkrans
  7. Afrikaanskrans
  8. Englishkrantz

Borrowed from Afrikaans krans, from Dutch krans, from Middle Dutch crans, from Middle High German kranz, from Old High German kranz, probably altered from krenz, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *kringaz (“circle, ring”). The English spelling seems to have been influenced by cognate German Kranz.

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APA

krantz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krantz

MLA

“krantz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krantz. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “krantz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krantz.

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