karl

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse karl. Doublet of carl, ceorl, and churl. === Noun === karl (plural karls) (historical) A medieval Scandinavian freeman. Coordinate terms: jarl, thrall === See also === hot karl == Danish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse karl (“man”), from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, cognate with English churl, German Kerl, Dutch kerel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaːˀl/, [ˈkʰæˀl] === Noun === 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 ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰa(r)tl/ (Northern Iceland, Southern Iceland) IPA(key): [kʰɐ(r)tɬ], [kʰɐ(ɾ)tɬ] Rhymes: -artl, -atl (Reykjavik) IPA(key): [kʰɐɾtɬ] (Reykjavik) IPA(key): [kʰɐtːɬ] === Noun === karl m (genitive singular karls, nominative plural karlar) man (male human) Synonyms: karlmaður m, maður m husband Synonyms: eiginmaður m, maður m male (of a species) Synonym: karldýr n (video games) a character (in a video game, or in an RPG) Synonyms: persóna f, tölvuleikapersóna f (chess) chess piece, chessman Synonyms: taflmaður m, maður m ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Noun === karl alternative form of carl == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse karl. === Noun === karl m alternative spelling of kall === References === “karl” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === kall === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Compare Old English ċeorl, ċiorl, Old High German karal, karl. === Noun === karl m man freeman; one belonging to the social class between slaves and nobles c. 900, Vitgeirr the sorcerer, loose stanza ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== kerling f (“woman, wife of a freeman”) þræll f (“slave”) jarl f (“nobleman, earl”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: karl Faroese: kallur Norwegian: kall, kar → Danish: kar Norwegian Bokmål: kar Jamtish: kall, karr (< *karaz) Elfdalian: kall Old Swedish: karilʀ Swedish: karl Old Danish: karl Danish: karl, kal Norwegian Bokmål: kall ⇒ Old Norse: Karl (given name) Icelandic: Karl, Carl Faroese: Karl Norwegian: Karl, Carl Old Swedish: Karl Swedish: Karl, Carl Old Danish: Karl Danish: Karl, Carl → Greenlandic: Karl, Kaarali, Kaarale ⇒ Old Norse: Karli, Karle, Kalli (diminutive) Icelandic: Karli Norwegian: Karle, Kalle, Calle Old Swedish: Karle, Kalle Swedish: Karli, Karle, Carli, Carlie, Karly, Kalle, Calle → Estonian: Kalle Old Danish: Karli Danish: Karli, Karly, Kalle, Calle → Greenlandic: Kaali → Finnish: Karli, Karle, Kaarle, Kalle, Kale, Kali, Kalla, Kallu → Estonian: Kalle → Swedish: Kaarle → Sami: Gállá, Kálle → English: Karl, Carl → Cebuano: Karl, Carl → Finnish: Karl → Sami: Kárral → English: karl (learned) → Old English: *carl Middle English: carl, carle, carll, karl, karle, caryle (Catholicon Anglicum)English: carlMiddle Scots: carle, cairleScots: carl, cairl === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “karl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish karilʀ, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑːr/ Homophone: kar === Noun === karl c man (male human) Synonym: man husband Synonyms: man, make (male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job ==== 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === manlig (“manly”) === References === “karl”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “karl”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “karl”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === klar