"Kar" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /kaːr/ Audio: De-Kar.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German kar, from Old High German char (“bowl; dish”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel; container”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|kar}} Middle High German kar, {{inh|de|goh|char|t=bowl; dish}} Old High German char (“bowl; dish”), {{inh|de|gem-pro|*kazą|t=vessel; container}} Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel; container”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Kar n (strong, genitive Kares or Kars, plural Kare) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Kares [genitive], Kars [genitive], Kare [plural], strong [table-tags], Kar [nominative, singular], Kare [definite, nominative, plural], Kares [genitive, singular], Kars [genitive, singular], Kare [definite, genitive, plural], Kar [dative, singular], Kare [dative, singular], Karen [dative, definite, plural], Kar [accusative, singular], Kare [accusative, definite, plural], Kaar [alternative], Kahr [alternative], Char [alternative], Kärl [alternative, diminutive], Kärle [alternative, diminutive], Kärlein [alternative, diminutive]
  1. (geology) cirque (curved depression in a mountainside) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Kar-de-noun-qLCDc6id Categories (other): Geology Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (obsolete) bowl, vat, trough Tags: neuter, obsolete, strong
    Sense id: en-Kar-de-noun-SNhuhZXn
  3. (obsolete) a regionally varying certain unit of measure for grain Tags: neuter, obsolete, strong Derived forms: Kargletscher, Karsee
    Sense id: en-Kar-de-noun-jL3Kn-YU Categories (other): Units of measure Disambiguation of Units of measure: 8 3 47 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kaːr/ Audio: De-Kar.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːɐ̯ Head templates: {{head|de|noun}} Kar
  1. abbreviation of Karabiner (“carbine”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Karabiner (extra: carbine)
    Sense id: en-Kar-de-noun-~FbyWyRP Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Containers, Units of measure Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 29 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 15 9 23 41 3 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 5 23 53 2 3 2 Disambiguation of Containers: 9 19 15 57 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 8 3 47 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kar"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "kárlica",
          "word": "ка́рлица"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "karlica",
          "word": "карлица"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "carlíță"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cấrliță"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kàrlica / ка̀рлица"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kar",
      "word": "кар"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kar",
      "word": "кар"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "kar"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German kar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "char",
        "t": "bowl; dish"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German char (“bowl; dish”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German kar, from Old High German char (“bowl; dish”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel; container”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kares",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kars",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kare",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kares",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kahr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Char",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kärl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kärle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kärlein",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Kar n (strong, genitive Kares or Kars, plural Kare)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "de:Geology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cirque (curved depression in a mountainside)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kar-de-noun-qLCDc6id",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "cirque",
          "cirque"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) cirque (curved depression in a mountainside)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "bowl, vat, trough"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kar-de-noun-SNhuhZXn",
      "links": [
        [
          "bowl",
          "bowl"
        ],
        [
          "vat",
          "vat"
        ],
        [
          "trough",
          "trough"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) bowl, vat, trough"
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "8 3 47 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "de:Units of measure",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "33 16 50",
          "word": "Kargletscher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 16 50",
          "word": "Karsee"
        }
      ],
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        "a regionally varying certain unit of measure for grain"
      ],
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          "regional",
          "regional"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "unit of measure",
          "unit of measure"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a regionally varying certain unit of measure for grain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːr/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kar.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/De-Kar.ogg/De-Kar.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɐ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kar"
}

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  "etymology_number": "2",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Kar",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "carbine",
          "word": "Karabiner"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "18 7 29 46",
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          "_dis": "14 5 23 53 2 3 2",
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          "_dis": "9 19 15 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "de:Containers",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 3 47 43",
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      ],
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        "abbreviation of Karabiner (“carbine”)"
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          "Karabiner#German"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɐ̯"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    {
      "word": "Kargletscher"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karsee"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kar"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "bg",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "kárlica",
          "word": "ка́рлица"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "mk",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "карлица"
        },
        {
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        {
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          "lang_code": "ro",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        }
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kar",
      "word": "кар"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      ],
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      "word": "кар"
    }
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        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kars",
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        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "Kar",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kare",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "Kaar",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kahr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Char",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kärl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kärle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kärlein",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "bowl, vat, trough"
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          "vat",
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        "(obsolete) bowl, vat, trough"
      ],
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        "German terms with obsolete senses"
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          "grain",
          "grain"
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        "(obsolete) a regionally varying certain unit of measure for grain"
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːr/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kar.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɐ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kar"
}

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    "German nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aːɐ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/aːɐ̯/1 syllable",
    "de:Containers",
    "de:Units of measure"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Kar",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "carbine",
          "word": "Karabiner"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German abbreviations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abbreviation of Karabiner (“carbine”)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "Karabiner",
          "Karabiner#German"
        ]
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːr/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kar.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/De-Kar.ogg/De-Kar.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/De-Kar.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɐ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kar"
}

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