"Karl" meaning in Swedish

See Karl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kɑːrl/, [kɑːɭ], [kɑːl] Forms: Karls [genitive]
Etymology: From Old Norse Karl, from karl (“free man”), originally a nickname. Popularized by the fame of Charlemagne (Karl in Swedish), from the same Proto-Germanic source. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|Karl}} Old Norse Karl Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Karls|g=c|head=}} Karl c (genitive Karls), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Karl c (genitive Karls)
  1. a male given name Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names Synonyms: Carl
    Sense id: en-Karl-sv-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Related terms: karl, Kalle, Carolin, Carolina, Caroline, Charlotte, Karolina, Lina, Lotta, Carlsson [surname], Karlsson Related terms (female given names): Carola Related terms (male given names): Charles

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "Karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse Karl",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse Karl, from karl (“free man”), originally a nickname. Popularized by the fame of Charlemagne (Karl in Swedish), from the same Proto-Germanic source.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Karls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Karls",
        "g": "c",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Karl c (genitive Karls)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "Karl c (genitive Karls)",
      "name": "sv-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Swedish given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Swedish male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975, Christer Kihlman, Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand, →ISBN, page 79:",
          "text": "Sinikka föreslog då Karl efter Marx och Karl Liebknecht. Eller Karl den tolfte, invände jag. Också Karl kändes för banalt, för använt och utslitet, för oambitiöst och komprometterat, trots vissa stora och förpliktande föregångare.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "a male given name"
      ],
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        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "karl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kalle"
        },
        {
          "word": "Carolin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Carolina"
        },
        {
          "word": "Caroline"
        },
        {
          "word": "Charlotte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Karolina"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lina"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lotta"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "surname"
          ],
          "word": "Carlsson"
        },
        {
          "word": "Karlsson"
        },
        {
          "sense": "male given names",
          "word": "Charles"
        },
        {
          "sense": "female given names",
          "word": "Carola"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Carl"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːrl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːɭ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːl]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Carl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Karl"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "Karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse Karl",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse Karl, from karl (“free man”), originally a nickname. Popularized by the fame of Charlemagne (Karl in Swedish), from the same Proto-Germanic source.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Karls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Karls",
        "g": "c",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Karl c (genitive Karls)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "Karl c (genitive Karls)",
      "name": "sv-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "karl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "male given names",
      "word": "Charles"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kalle"
    },
    {
      "sense": "female given names",
      "word": "Carola"
    },
    {
      "word": "Carolin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Carolina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Caroline"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charlotte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karolina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lotta"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Carlsson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karlsson"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Swedish quotations",
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish given names",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish male given names",
        "Swedish proper nouns",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms with homophones",
        "Swedish terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1975, Christer Kihlman, Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand, →ISBN, page 79:",
          "text": "Sinikka föreslog då Karl efter Marx och Karl Liebknecht. Eller Karl den tolfte, invände jag. Också Karl kändes för banalt, för använt och utslitet, för oambitiöst och komprometterat, trots vissa stora och förpliktande föregångare.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "a male given name"
      ],
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        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːrl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːɭ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːl]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Carl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Carl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Karl"
}

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