karl
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse karl (“man”), from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, cognate with English churl, German Kerl, Dutch kerel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karl c (singular definite karlen, plural indefinite karle)
- farmhand (a man working at a farm)
- groom, ostler (a man looking after horses)
- (informal) bloke, chap, guy
Declension
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karl m (genitive singular karls, nominative plural karlar)
- man (male human)
- husband
- Synonyms: eiginmaður m, maður m
- male (of a species)
- Synonym: karldýr n
- (video games) a character (in a video game, or in a RPG)
- Synonyms: persóna f, tölvuleikapersóna f
- (chess) chess piece, chessman
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse karl.
Noun
[edit]karl m
- Alternative spelling of kall
References
[edit]- “karl” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Compare Old English ċeorl, ċiorl, Old High German karal, karl.
Noun
[edit]karl m
- man
- freeman; one belonging to the social class between slaves and nobles
- c. 900, Vitgeirr the sorcerer, loose stanza
- Þat’s vǫ́ lítil, · at vér síðim
karla bǫrn · ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr · réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds · á Haðalandi.- It's little harm that we should practice sorcery,
the children of peasants and their wives,
when Rainwald ‘straight-leg’ practices sorcery,
Harold’s famous son, in Hadeland.
- It's little harm that we should practice sorcery,
- c. 900, Vitgeirr the sorcerer, loose stanza
Declension
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 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”)
Descendants
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish karilʀ, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karl c
- man (male human)
- Synonym: man
- Bra karl reder sig själv
- A good man manages on his own (proverb)
- 1970, “Sjörövar-Fabbe [Pirate Fabbe (pet form of Fabian)]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)[1]:
- Sjörövar-Fabbe, farfars far, är minsann en sjusärdeles karl. Kring alla hav han far och far, tjohej hadelittan lej.
- Pirate Fabbe, my great-grandfather, is indeed a remarkable man [or "one hell of a man," except not vulgar]. Around all the seas he sails [goes/travels] and sails, tjohej hadelittan lej [nonsense phrase].
- 1972, Ted Gärdestad (lyrics and music), “Jag vill ha en egen måne [I want a moon of my own]”[2]:
- Du har då aldrig trott på tårar. Det passar inte för en karl. Om man är över femton vårar, finns inga känslor kvar.
- You have never believed in tears [The "då" roughly works as an emphasizer: "Well, you have ..."]. It doesn't suit a man. If you are over fifteen years old [over fifteen springs], there are no feelings left.
- husband
- (male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job
Usage notes
[edit]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
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | karl | karls |
definite | karlen | karlens | |
plural | indefinite | karlar | karlars |
definite | karlarna | karlarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- manlig (“manly”)
References
[edit]- karl in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- karl in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- karl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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- is:Video games
- is:Chess
- is:Male
- is:People
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- sv:Male
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