Kar

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːr/

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• 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

• Kargletscher
• Karsee

Descendants

• → Czech: kar
• → Polish: kar
• → Serbo-Croatian: kàrlica / ка̀рлица
  • → Bulgarian: ка́рлица (kárlica)
  • → Macedonian: карлица (karlica)
  • → Romanian: carlíță, cấrliță
• → Russian: кар (kar)
• → Ukrainian: кар (kar)

Further reading

• “Kar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kar” in Duden online
• “Kar” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Kar (Talform) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Etymology 2

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

• Kaer