karl

See also: Karl and kärl

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse karl (“man”), from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, cognate with English churl, German Kerl, Dutch kerel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːˀl/, [ˈkʰæˀl]

Noun

karl c (singular definite karlen, plural indefinite karle)

  1. farmhand (a man working at at farm)
  2. groom, ostler (a man looking after horses)
  3. (informal) bloke, chap, guy

Declension
Declension of karl
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karl karlen karle karlene
genitive karls karlens karles karlenes

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰartl/, [kʰärt͡ɬ]
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  • IPA(key): /kʰatl/, [kʰät͡ɬ]
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  • Rhymes: -artl
  • Rhymes: -atl

Noun

karl m (genitive singular karls, nominative plural karlar)

  1. man (male human)
  2. husband
  3. male of a species
  4. (video games) a character (in a video game, or in a RPG)
  5. (chess) a chess piece, a chessman

Declension
declension of karl
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karl karlinn karlar karlarnir
accusative karl karlinn karla karlana
dative karli karlinum körlum körlunum
genitive karls karlsins karla karlanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse karl.

Noun

karl m

  1. Alternative spelling of kall

References
  • “karl” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Compare Old English ceorl, Old High German karal, karl.

Noun

karl m

  1. a man

Declension
  Declension of karl (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karl karlinn karlar karlarnir
accusative karl karlinn karla karlana
dative karli karlinum kǫrlum kǫrlunum
genitive karls karlsins karla karlanna

Derived terms
  • akrgerðikarl m (“ploughman, reaper”)
  • arftǫkukarl m (“one taken as someone who has made another his heir”)
  • augnakarl m (“pan of the hip-joint”)
  • barnakarl m (“a children's friend”)
  • bragðakarl m (“sly fellow”)
  • búandkarl m (“farmer”)
  • búkarl m (“farmer”)
  • ellikarl m (“old man”)
  • ferjukarl m (“ferryman”)
  • fretkarl m (“contemptible fellow”)
  • heljarkarl m (“one doomed to die, accursed”)
  • hærukarl m (“hoary (old) man”)
  • hórkarl m (“adulterer”)
  • húskarl m (“housecarl”)
  • karlafolk n (“male folk”)
  • karlafǫt n pl (“men's attire”)
  • karlasæti n (“seat for men”)
  • karldyrr f pl (“the men's door”)
  • karlefni n (“a promising lad”)
  • karlfjǫldi m (“multitude of men”)
  • karlfǫt n pl
  • karlgildr (“as good as a man”)
  • karlhǫfuð n (“a man's head (carved)”)
  • karlhǫfði m (“a carved man's head, figurehead”)
  • karlkenndr (“masculine”)
  • karlklæði n (“men's clothes”)
  • karlkostr m (“a (good) match”)
  • karlkyn n (“the male sex”)
  • karlleggr m (“agnates”)
  • karlmaðr m (“man”)
  • karlmennska f (“manhood, valour”)
  • karlsift (“on the male side”)
  • karlsvipt f (“relationship by descent on the male side”)
  • kerling f
  • kolakarl m (“charcoal-maker”)
  • kotkarl m (“cottager”)
  • okrkarl m (“usurer”)
  • plógkarl m (“ploughman”)
  • saltkarl m (“salt-burner”)
  • skrafkarl m (“chatterbox”)
  • skrattakarl m (“vile wizard”)
  • skítkarl m (“dirty fellow”)
  • stafkarl m (“poor beggar”)
  • sækarl m (“sea-carl”)
  • trollkarl m (“male troll”)
  • vagnkarl m (“wagoner”)
  • varðkarl m (“warder”)
  • vatnkarl m (“jug”)
  • villukarl m (“heretic”)
  • vitakarl m (“beacon watchman”)
  • þorpkarl m (“churl”)

Descendants

References
  • “karl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. Volume II. 237th page.
  2. Antiqvarisk Tidskrift för Sverige. Tionde Delen. 1887-1891. 305th page.
  3. Pfaff, Judith (2018). Nordic Names. Web.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish karilʀ, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑːr/
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  • Homophone: kar

Noun

karl c

  1. man (male human)
  2. husband
  3. (male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job

Usage notes

Has connotations of being manly, and is as such somewhat frowned upon by certain feminists; but it also may have connotations of being able to perform a certain task. Compare the formulaic expression karl för sin ... (with some attribute), which denotes someone who is up to par with his role, and is able to perform at least by some minimal standards on his own. Here the role is usually something associated with the given attribute, though karl för sin hatt is associated with a more generic male role.

Declension
Declension of karl 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative karl karlen karlar karlarna
Genitive karls karlens karlars karlarnas

See also

References

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