"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-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|gmw-cfr|gml|kerl|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Low German kerl, {{bor+|gmw-cfr|gml|kerl}} Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, {{der|gmw-cfr|osx|*keril}} Old Saxon *keril, {{der|gmw-cfr|gem-pro|*karilaz}} Proto-Germanic *karilaz, {{m|gem-pro|*karlaz}} *karlaz, {{m|gem-pro|*karilaz}} *karilaz 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

Proper name [English]

Forms: Kerls [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kerl. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Kerl}} German Kerl Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Kerl (plural Kerls)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Kerl-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Noun [German]

IPA: /kɛʁl/, [kɛʁl], [kɛɐ̯l] Audio: De-Kerl.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz. Cognate with Old High German karal. Akin to Dutch kerel, English churl, Old Norse karl, Danish karl. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|gml|kerl|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Low German kerl, {{bor+|de|gml|kerl}} Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, {{der|de|osx|*keril}} Old Saxon *keril, {{der|de|gem-pro|*karilaz}} Proto-Germanic *karilaz, {{m|gem-pro|*karlaz}} *karlaz, {{m|gem-pro|*karilaz}} *karilaz, {{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
  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 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 22 78

Noun [Hunsrik]

IPA: /kʰɛl/ Forms: Kerle [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|hrx|gml|kerl|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Low German kerl, {{bor+|hrx|gml|kerl}} Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, {{der|hrx|osx|*keril}} Old Saxon *keril, {{der|hrx|gem-pro|*karilaz}} Proto-Germanic *karilaz, {{m|gem-pro|*karlaz}} *karlaz, {{m|gem-pro|*karilaz}} *karilaz Head templates: {{head|hrx|noun|plural|Kerle|g=m}} 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

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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kerl meaning in All languages combined (9.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Kerl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl (plural Kerls)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from German."
      ],
      "id": "en-Kerl-en-name-gISmo46Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *keril",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karlaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karlaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karilaz",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Central Franconian",
  "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3",
          "text": "Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kerl-gmw-cfr-noun-g4MBuBvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *keril",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karlaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karlaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karilaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz.\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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerlen",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e:s",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl m (strong, genitive Kerls, plural Kerle or Kerls, diminutive Kerlchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e:s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kerl-de-noun-kJwS2zG5",
      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "word": "Dreckskerl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "word": "Hauptkerl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Ker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "word": "Mistkerl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "word": "Scheißkerl"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "freeman"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kerl-de-noun-VRXqK0So",
      "links": [
        [
          "freeman",
          "freeman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) freeman"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 84",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Typ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *keril",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karlaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karlaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karilaz",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "Kerle",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl m (plural Kerle)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hunsrik",
  "lang_code": "hrx",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kerl-hrx-noun-g4MBuBvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "proper nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Frisian",
  "lang_code": "ofs",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Charles"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kerl-ofs-name-xDE5GW1X",
      "links": [
        [
          "Charles",
          "Charles"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *keril",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karlaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karlaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karilaz",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Central Franconian",
  "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Central Franconian lemmas",
        "Central Franconian masculine nouns",
        "Central Franconian nouns",
        "Central Franconian terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
        "Central Franconian terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Central Franconian terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Central Franconian terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Central Franconian quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3",
          "text": "Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Kerl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kerls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl (plural Kerls)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from German",
        "English terms borrowed from German",
        "English terms derived from German",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname from German."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "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 with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Dreckskerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hauptkerl"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Ker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mistkerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scheißkerl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *keril",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karlaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karlaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karilaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz.\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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kerlen",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e:s",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl m (strong, genitive Kerls, plural Kerle or Kerls, diminutive Kerlchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e:s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Typ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "freeman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freeman",
          "freeman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) freeman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*keril"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *keril",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karlaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karlaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*karilaz",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, from *karlaz, a variant of *karilaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kerle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "Kerle",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Kerl m (plural Kerle)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hunsrik",
  "lang_code": "hrx",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hunsrik 1-syllable words",
        "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 with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hunsrik terms with quotations",
        "Hunsrik terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Hunsrik quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerl"
}

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

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.