"Kerl" meaning in All languages combined

See Kerl on Wiktionary

Noun [Central Franconian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil. Etymology templates: {{dercat|gmw-cfr|gem-pro}}, {{bor+|gmw-cfr|gml|kerl}} Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, {{der|gmw-cfr|osx|*keril}} Old Saxon *keril, {{der|gmw-cfr|gmw-pro|*karil}} Proto-West Germanic *karil Head templates: {{head|gmw-cfr|noun|g=m}} Kerl m
  1. (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Kerl-gmw-cfr-noun-g4MBuBvl Categories (other): Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [English]

Forms: Kerls [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kerl (“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Kerl|t=freeman of non-aristocratic descent}} German Kerl (“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Kerl (plural Kerls)
  1. A surname from German.

Noun [German]

IPA: /kɛʁl/, [kɛʁl], [kɛɐ̯l] Audio: De-Kerl.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil. Cognate with Old High German karal. Akin to Dutch kerel, English churl, Old Norse karl, Danish karl. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro}}, {{bor+|de|gml|kerl}} Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, {{der|de|osx|*keril}} Old Saxon *keril, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*karil}} Proto-West Germanic *karil, {{cog|goh|karal}} Old High German karal, {{cog|nl|kerel}} Dutch kerel, {{cog|en|churl}} English churl, {{cog|non|karl}} Old Norse karl, {{cog|da|karl}} Danish karl Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,e:s|dim=chen}} Kerl m (strong, genitive Kerls, plural Kerle or Kerls, diminutive Kerlchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,e:s}} Forms: Kerls [genitive], Kerle [plural], Kerls [plural], Kerlchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Kerl [nominative, singular], Kerle [definite, nominative, plural], Kerls [definite, nominative, plural], Kerls [genitive, singular], Kerle [definite, genitive, plural], Kerls [definite, genitive, plural], Kerl [dative, singular], Kerlen [dative, definite, plural], Kerls [dative, definite, plural], Kerl [accusative, singular], Kerle [accusative, definite, plural], Kerls [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. fellow, guy, chap, bloke Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Kerl-de-noun-kJwS2zG5 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. (obsolete) freeman Tags: masculine, obsolete, strong Derived forms: Dreckskerl, Hauptkerl, Ker [regional], Mistkerl, Scheißkerl Related terms: Typ [masculine]
    Sense id: en-Kerl-de-noun-VRXqK0So

Noun [Hunsrik]

IPA: /kʰɛl/ Forms: Kerle [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil. Etymology templates: {{dercat|hrx|gem-pro}}, {{bor+|hrx|gml|kerl}} Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, {{der|hrx|osx|*keril}} Old Saxon *keril, {{der|hrx|gmw-pro|*karil}} Proto-West Germanic *karil Head templates: {{hrx-noun|m|pl=Kerle}} Kerl m (plural Kerle)
  1. fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Kerl-hrx-noun-g4MBuBvl Categories (other): Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Old Frisian]

Head templates: {{head|ofs|proper nouns}} Kerl
  1. Charles
    Sense id: en-Kerl-ofs-name-xDE5GW1X Categories (other): Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ],
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          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "t": "freeman of non-aristocratic descent"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Kerl (“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”).",
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    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "s"
      },
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    }
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        "English terms derived from German",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
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      ],
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        "A surname from German."
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

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  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Dreckskerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hauptkerl"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Ker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mistkerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scheißkerl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*karil"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "karal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German karal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kerel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kerel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "churl"
      },
      "expansion": "English churl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse karl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish karl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil.\nCognate with Old High German karal. Akin to Dutch kerel, English churl, Old Norse karl, Danish karl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerlchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "dim": "chen"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e:s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Typ"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke"
      ],
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        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "freeman"
      ],
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        [
          "freeman",
          "freeman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) freeman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛʁl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɛʁl]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɛɐ̯l]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kerl.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/De-Kerl.ogg/De-Kerl.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/De-Kerl.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
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        "3": "kerl"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "pl": "Kerle"
      },
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      "name": "hrx-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hunsrik",
  "lang_code": "hrx",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hunsrik lemmas",
        "Hunsrik masculine nouns",
        "Hunsrik nouns",
        "Hunsrik terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
        "Hunsrik terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Hunsrik terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Hunsrik terms with quotations",
        "Hunsrik terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Hunsrik quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Who is that guy?",
          "text": "Wer is dart där Kerl?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "\"Faarichsjoher, du Kerl, host-du mich gropp geschennd.\"",
          "text": "2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
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        [
          "fellow",
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        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "proper nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Frisian",
  "lang_code": "ofs",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Frisian lemmas",
        "Old Frisian proper nouns",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Charles"
      ],
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        [
          "Charles",
          "Charles"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch",
  "path": [
    "Kerl"
  ],
  "section": "Central Franconian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Kerl",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch",
  "path": [
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