Kar
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kar"
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German kar, from Old High German char (“bowl; dish”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel; container”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Kar n (strong, genitive Kares or Kars, plural Kare)
- (geology) cirque (curved depression in a mountainside)
- (obsolete) bowl, vat, trough
- (obsolete) a regionally varying certain unit of measure for grain
Declension edit
Declension of Kar [neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Czech: kar
- → Polish: kar
- → Serbo-Croatian: kàrlica / ка̀рлица
- → Russian: кар (kar)
- → Ukrainian: кар (kar)
Further reading edit
- “Kar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kar” in Duden online
- “Kar” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Kar (Talform) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Kar
- Abbreviation of Karabiner (“carbine”).
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German karra.
Noun edit
Kar f (plural Karen, diminutive Käerchen)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old High German korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną. Cognate with German Korn, Dutch koren, English corn, Icelandic korn.
Noun edit
Kar n (uncountable)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kar f (plural Kars)
Declension edit
Declension of Kar
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | noun | definite | noun | |
nominative | en | die | Kar | die | Kars |
accusative | en | die | Kar | die | Kars |
dative | re | der | Kar | de | Kars |