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cranked adjective

  • Formed with, or having, a bend or crank.
 gekröpft

crank noun

  /kɹæŋk/
  • A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
 Kurbel
  • (informal, British, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.
  • (slang) The penis.
 Kauz, Sonderling, Spinner
  • (rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
 Kurbeln
  • (informal) An ill-tempered or nasty person.
 Miesepeter

crank verb

  /kɹæŋk/
  • (intransitive, dated) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
 kurbeln
  • (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
 ankurbeln
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