Kar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kar"

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kar, from Old High German char (bowl; dish), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (vessel; container).

Alternative forms

  • Kaar, Kahr, Char (obsolete spellings)
  • Kärl, Kärle, Kärlein (diminutives)

Noun

Kar n (strong, genitive Kares or Kars, plural Kare)

  1. (geology) cirque (curved depression in a mountainside)
  2. (obsolete) bowl, vat, trough
  3. (obsolete) a regionally varying certain unit of measure for grain
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Czech: kar
  • Polish: kar
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàrlica / ка̀рлица
  • Russian: кар (kar)
  • Ukrainian: кар (kar)

Further reading

Noun

Kar

  1. Abbreviation of Karabiner (carbine).

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːʀ/
  • Rhymes: -aːʀ

Etymology 1

From Old High German karra.

Noun

Kar f (plural Karen, diminutive Käerchen)

  1. cart
  2. (informal) banger (old car)

Etymology 2

From Old High German korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną. Cognate with German Korn, Dutch koren, English corn, Icelandic korn.

Noun

Kar n (uncountable)

  1. rye

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Borrowed from English car.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈˈkʰaːɐ̯/

Noun

Kar f (plural Kars)

  1. car, automobile

Declension

See also

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