Kerbe

== German == === Alternative forms === Kerb m === Etymology === From Middle High German kërbe (“incision, notch”), from Old High German *kerba, from Proto-West Germanic *kerbā, from Proto-Germanic *kerbǭ, related to *kerbaną (“to cut, carve”). Cognate with German Low German Karve, Middle Dutch kerve, Saterland Frisian Käärwe, Old Norse kjarf (“bundle”), Old English cyrf (“incision”) (whence English kerf). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛʁbə/ === Noun === Kerbe f (genitive Kerbe, plural Kerben, diminutive Kerbchen n or Kerblein n) dent, groove, nick, notch kerf bullseye (nautical) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== kerben Kerbtier === References === === Further reading === “Kerbe” in Duden online “Kerbe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Kerbe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.