Kerbe

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See also: kërbë

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German kërbe (“incision, notch”), from Old High German *kerba, from Proto-West Germanic *kerbā, from Proto-Germanic *kerbǭ, related to *kerbaną (“to cut, carve”).

Cognate with German Low German Karve, Middle Dutch kerve, Saterland Frisian Käärwe, Old Norse kjarf (“bundle”), Old English cyrf (“incision”) (whence English kerf).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛʁbə/
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Noun

Kerbe f (genitive Kerbe, plural Kerben, diminutive Kerbchen n or Kerblein n)

  1. dent, groove, nick, notch
  2. kerf
  3. bullseye (nautical)

Declension

Declension of Kerbe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kerbe die Kerben
genitive einer der Kerbe der Kerben
dative einer der Kerbe den Kerben
accusative eine die Kerbe die Kerben

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kerbe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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