karl
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaz), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːl/, [kʰæːˀl]
Noun
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaz), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
Noun
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
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- karlakór
- karlaveldi
- karldýr
- karlfauskur
- karlkyn
- karlleggur
- karlmannlegur
- karlmaður
- karlmenni
- karlmennska
- karlremba
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaz), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Compare Old English ceorl, Old High German karal, karl.
Descendants
- Icelandic: karl
- Faroese: kallur
- Norwegian: kall, kar (Bokmål), kar (Nynorsk)
- Old Swedish: karilʀ[1][2]
- Swedish: karl
- Elfdalian: kall
- Danish: karl
- Jamtish: kall, karr (< *karaz)
- Westrobothnian: kjall, kjar (< *karaz)
- ⇒ 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
References
- 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.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish karilʀ, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaz), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑːr/
audio (file) - Homophones: kar
Noun
karl c
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 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | karl | karlen | karlar | karlarna |
Genitive | karls | karlens | karlars | karlarnas |
See also
- karl för sin hatt
- karlakarl