Kerbe
See also: kërbë
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Kerb m
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kërbe (“incision, notch”), from Old High German *kerba, from Proto-West Germanic *kerbā, from Proto-Germanic *kerbǭ, related to *kerbaną (“to cut, carve”).
Cognate with German Low German Karve, Middle Dutch kerve, Saterland Frisian Käärwe, Old Norse kjarf (“bundle”), Old English cyrf (“incision”) (whence English kerf).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kerbe f (genitive Kerbe, plural Kerben, diminutive Kerbchen n or Kerblein n)
Declension edit
Declension of Kerbe [feminine]
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kerbe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading edit
- “Kerbe” in Duden online
- “Kerbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kerbe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.