karl
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse karl (“man”), from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, cognate with English churl, German Kerl, Dutch kerel.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
karl c (singular definite karlen, plural indefinite karle)
- farmhand (a man working at at farm)
- groom, ostler (a man looking after horses)
- (informal) bloke, chap, guy
DeclensionEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /kʰartl/, [kʰärt͡ɬ]
listen (file) - IPA(key): /kʰatl/, [kʰät͡ɬ]
listen (file) - Rhymes: -artl
- Rhymes: -atl
NounEdit
karl m (genitive singular karls, nominative plural karlar)
- man (male human)
- husband
- male of a species
- (video games) a character (in a video game, or in a RPG)
- (chess) a chess piece, a chessman
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (man): karlmaður m, maður m
- (husband): eiginmaður m, maður m
- (male of a species): karldýr n
- (a character): persóna f, tölvuleikapersóna f
- (chess piece): taflmaður m, maður m
Derived termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
karl m
- Alternative spelling of kall
ReferencesEdit
- “karl” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Compare Old English ceorl, Old High German karal, karl.
NounEdit
karl m
- a man
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 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”)
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: karl
- Faroese: kallur
- Norwegian: kall, kar
- Jamtish: kall, karr (< *karaz)
- Elfdalian: kall
- Old Swedish: karilʀ[1][2]
- Swedish: karl
- Danish: karl, kal
- Norwegian Bokmål: kall
- ⇒ Old Norse: Karl (given name)[3]
- Icelandic: Karl, Carl
- Faroese: Karl
- Norwegian: Karl, Carl
- Old Swedish: Karl
- Old Danish: Karl
- ⇒ Old Norse: Karli, Karle, Kalli (diminutive)
- → English: Karl, Carl
- → Finnish: Karl
- → Sami: Kárral
- → Middle English: carl
ReferencesEdit
- “karl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. Volume II. 237th page.
- ^ Antiqvarisk Tidskrift för Sverige. Tionde Delen. 1887-1891. 305th page.
- ^ Pfaff, Judith (2018). Nordic Names. Web.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish karilʀ, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
karl c
- man (male human)
- husband
- (male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job
Usage notesEdit
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.
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of karl | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | karl | karlen | karlar | karlarna |
| Genitive | karls | karlens | karlars | karlarnas |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- karl in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- karl in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- karl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)