kärr

See also: kærr, Karr, and kärr-

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, underbrush, bushes, scrub”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”).

Cognate with Danish kær (“brushwood, undergrowth, scrub”), Norwegian Bokmål kjerr, Norwegian Nynorsk kjørr (“thicket”), Icelandic kjarr (“scrub”).

Noun

kärr n

1. a fen, (less specifically) a bog

Usage notes

Considered a type of myr (“bog”).

Declension

Declension of kärr

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kärr	kärrs
	definite	kärret	kärrets
plural	indefinite	kärr	kärrs
	definite	kärren	kärrens

See also

• mosse (“raised bog”)

References

• kärr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kärr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kärr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)