Kerl
See also: kerl
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Kerl (“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”).
Proper noun
editKerl (plural Kerls)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kerl is the 35812th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Kerl is most common among White (82.78%) and Black/African American (10.85%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kerl”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.
Central Franconian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil.
Noun
editKerl m
- (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man
- 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3:
- Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil.
Cognate with Old High German karal. Akin to Dutch kerel, English churl, Old Norse karl, Danish karl.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKerl m (strong, genitive Kerls, plural Kerle or Kerls, diminutive Kerlchen n)
Usage notes
edit- The normal plural is Kerle.
- The plural Kerls is widely restricted to northern Germany. Compare a well-known former Prussian guard regiment called Lange Kerls (“tall fellows”).
Declension
editDeclension of Kerl [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
edit- Dreckskerl
- Hauptkerl
- Ker (regional)
- Mistkerl
- Scheißkerl
See also
edit- Typ m
Further reading
edit- “Kerl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kerl” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kerl” in Duden online
- “Kerl” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kerl”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKerl m (plural Kerle)
- fellow, guy, chap, bloke, man
- Wer is dart där Kerl?
- Who is that guy?
- 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):
- "Faarichsjoher, du Kerl, host-du mich gropp geschennd."
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
editOld Frisian
editProper noun
editKerl
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