karolin
See also: Karolin
Swedish
Etymology
The first sense comes from medieval Latin carolinus, from the given name Carolus. The second sense, derived from Carolus as the Latinized form of the name of king Charles XII, was first used in 1769, 51 years after his death in 1718. It was also popularized by a collection of short stories titled Karolinerna (1897) by Verner von Heidenstam.
Noun
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- a Swedish coin from the 17th and 18th centuries
- a Carolean, a soldier (or war veteran) in the army of Charles XII and/or sharing his ideas and values
- En stund förflöt, hvarunder Elisabeths grå ögon skarpt och oafvändt följde hvarje den minsta rörelse i karolinens fårade och ärriga anlete.
- A while passed, under which Elisabeth's grey eyes sharply and uniterrupted followed every smallest move in the Carolean's wrinkled and scarred face.
- En stund förflöt, hvarunder Elisabeths grå ögon skarpt och oafvändt följde hvarje den minsta rörelse i karolinens fårade och ärriga anlete.
Declension
| Declension of karolin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | karolin | karolinen | karoliner | karolinerna |
| Genitive | karolins | karolinens | karoliners | karolinernas |
Related terms
- karolinsk
References
- karolin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- karolin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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