"käring" meaning in Swedish

See käring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish kärling, from Old Norse kerling. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|kärling}} Old Swedish kärling, {{der|sv|non|kerling}} Old Norse kerling Head templates: {{head|sv|noun|g=c}} käring c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], käring [indefinite, nominative, singular], kärings [genitive, indefinite, singular], käringen [definite, nominative, singular], käringens [definite, genitive, singular], käringar [indefinite, nominative, plural], käringars [genitive, indefinite, plural], käringarna [definite, nominative, plural], käringarnas [definite, genitive, plural], kärring [alternative]
  1. (disagreeable) old woman Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-käring-sv-noun-m7ggBMhg Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 9 9 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 62 5 33
  2. (derogatory or endearing) wife Tags: common-gender, derogatory, endearing
    Sense id: en-käring-sv-noun-nVKjyOTW
  3. cowardly (male) person Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-käring-sv-noun-~HMo~y37

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "kärling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish kärling",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kerling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kerling",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish kärling, from Old Norse kerling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käring",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kärings",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kärring",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "käring c",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 5 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-käring-sv-noun-m7ggBMhg",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "disagreeable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(disagreeable) old woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-käring-sv-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory or endearing) wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "derogatory",
        "endearing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowardly (male) person"
      ],
      "id": "en-käring-sv-noun-~HMo~y37",
      "links": [
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "käring"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "kärling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish kärling",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kerling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kerling",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish kärling, from Old Norse kerling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käring",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kärings",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "käringarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kärring",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "käring c",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "disagreeable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(disagreeable) old woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish derogatory terms",
        "Swedish endearing terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory or endearing) wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "derogatory",
        "endearing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cowardly (male) person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "käring"
}

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