krank

adj · /kʁaŋk/ ·

Etymology

From Middle High German krank, from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“crooked, weak”). Cognate with English crank.

Translation

ill, sick (in bad health)
sick, morally or mentally degenerate figuratively
very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick slang