"karl" meaning in Swedish

See karl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɑːr/ Audio: Sv-karl.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], karl [indefinite, nominative, singular]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Swedish karilʀ, from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|karilʀ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Swedish karilʀ, {{inh+|sv|gmq-osw|karilʀ}} Inherited from Old Swedish karilʀ, {{inh|sv|non|karl}} Old Norse karl, {{inh|sv|gmq-pro|ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ}} Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*karilaz}} Proto-Germanic *karilaz Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} karl c, {{sv-noun|c}} karl c
  1. man (male human) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Male, People Synonyms: man
    Sense id: en-karl-sv-noun-kXSwYybS Disambiguation of Male: 77 0 23 Disambiguation of People: 87 0 13
  2. husband Tags: common-gender Synonyms: man, make
    Sense id: en-karl-sv-noun-n-6PiLk6
  3. (male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job Tags: common-gender, masculine
    Sense id: en-karl-sv-noun-fPxGghrb Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 12 2 1 1 1 7 10 25 1 5 1 1 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 14 1 0 0 0 6 11 19 0 5 0 0 24 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: karl för sin hatt, karlakarl, karlgöra, karlslok, karltokig, karltycke Related terms: manlig (english: manly)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karl för sin hatt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karlakarl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karlgöra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karlslok"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karltokig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "karltycke"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish karilʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse karl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      },
      "expansion": "karl c",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
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  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "manly",
      "word": "manlig"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "77 0 23",
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
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        },
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          "_dis": "87 0 13",
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          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sv:People",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "A good man manages on his own (proverb)",
          "text": "Bra karl reder sig själv",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pirate Fabbe, my great-grandfather, is indeed a remarkable man [or \"one hell of a man,\" except not vulgar]. Around all the seas he sails [goes/travels] and sails, tjohej hadelittan lej [nonsense phrase].",
          "ref": "1970, “Sjörövar-Fabbe [Pirate Fabbe (pet form of Fabian)]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music):",
          "text": "Sjörövar-Fabbe, farfars far, är minsann en sjusärdeles karl. Kring alla hav han far och far, tjohej hadelittan lej.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "You have never believed in tears [The \"då\" roughly works as an emphasizer: \"Well, you have ...\"]. It doesn't suit a man. If you are over fifteen years old [over fifteen springs], there are no feelings left.",
          "ref": "1972, Ted Gärdestad (lyrics and music), “Jag vill ha en egen måne [I want a moon of my own]”:",
          "text": "Du har då aldrig trott på tårar. Det passar inte för en karl. Om man är över femton vårar, finns inga känslor kvar.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man (male human)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "man"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "id": "en-karl-sv-noun-n-6PiLk6",
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "man"
        },
        {
          "word": "make"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job"
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        "(male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːr/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Sv-karl.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "karl"
}
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    "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",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Norse",
    "Swedish terms with homophones",
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    "sv:People"
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    {
      "word": "karl för sin hatt"
    },
    {
      "word": "karlakarl"
    },
    {
      "word": "karlgöra"
    },
    {
      "word": "karlslok"
    },
    {
      "word": "karltokig"
    },
    {
      "word": "karltycke"
    }
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        "tr": "",
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "l",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "karl",
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        "nominative",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
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    {
      "english": "manly",
      "word": "manlig"
    }
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        {
          "english": "A good man manages on his own (proverb)",
          "text": "Bra karl reder sig själv",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Pirate Fabbe, my great-grandfather, is indeed a remarkable man [or \"one hell of a man,\" except not vulgar]. Around all the seas he sails [goes/travels] and sails, tjohej hadelittan lej [nonsense phrase].",
          "ref": "1970, “Sjörövar-Fabbe [Pirate Fabbe (pet form of Fabian)]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music):",
          "text": "Sjörövar-Fabbe, farfars far, är minsann en sjusärdeles karl. Kring alla hav han far och far, tjohej hadelittan lej.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "You have never believed in tears [The \"då\" roughly works as an emphasizer: \"Well, you have ...\"]. It doesn't suit a man. If you are over fifteen years old [over fifteen springs], there are no feelings left.",
          "ref": "1972, Ted Gärdestad (lyrics and music), “Jag vill ha en egen måne [I want a moon of my own]”:",
          "text": "Du har då aldrig trott på tårar. Det passar inte för en karl. Om man är över femton vårar, finns inga känslor kvar.",
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        }
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "man"
        }
      ],
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        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "husband"
      ],
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        [
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          "husband"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "man"
        },
        {
          "word": "make"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job"
      ],
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        "(male) member of a work force, employed to perform some particularly heavy or physically demanding job"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/kɑːr/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "kar"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for karl meaning in Swedish (4.2kB)

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