An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Krämpe

by Friedrich Kluge

Krämpe, feminine, ‘brim of a hat,’ Modern High German only, from Low German krempe, allied to the Old High German adjective chrampf, ‘curved’ (Old Icelandic krappr, ‘close, narrow’); Old High German chrampf, quoted under Krampe, combines the meanings ‘hook’ and ‘border, brim.’