Krug

• Krugh

German and Jewish surname, from both senses of the noun Krug (“jug”) and Krug (“pub, tavern”). Compare Krueger.

Krug (plural Krugs)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2009 April 14, Patricia Sullivan, “Judith Krug”, in The Washington Post‎:

     Director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1967, Mrs. Krug was a national leader in several legal cases that rose to the Supreme Court.

• IPA^(key): /kruːk/
• IPA^(key): /kruːx/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial)
• Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx

From Middle High German kruoc, from Old High German kruog, from Proto-West Germanic *krōgu, from Proto-Germanic *krōguz. Immediate cognates are Middle Dutch croech, Old English crōg, of obscure origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).[1][2]

The originally Low German Kruke (“crock”), cognate with English crock, is another word, though a relation with Krug is considered likely.

Krug m (strong, genitive Kruges or Krugs, plural Krüge, diminutive Krüglein n or Krügchen n or Krügelchen n)

1. jug

   Synonym: Kanne

• Kashubian: kruk

From Middle Low German krôch, krûch, whence German Low German Kroog and through borrowing Dutch kroeg (“pub”), Swedish krog. Further origin unknown. A relation with etymology 1 cannot be ruled out, but is considered unlikely by most authorities.

Krug m (strong, genitive Kruges or Krugs, plural Krüge)

1. (dated, regional, Northern Germany) pub; bar

   Synonym: (see there for further synonyms) Kneipe

• The simplex has now become rare. The compound Dorfkrug remains in use for the central pub or inn of a village. The word is also still found in the names of many traditional pubs in northern Germany.

• Nobiskrug

• “Krug” in Duden online
• “Krug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache