carl
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//kɑːl//
- Vereinigte Staaten//kɑɹl̩//
- Schottland//kɑrəl//
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
Substantiv
- 1
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.
- 2
veraltetA stingy person; a niggard.
Herkunft
From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.
Verb
- 1
veraltetTo snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
[…] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]
Herkunft
Uncertain.
Formen
- Plural
- carls
- Präteritum
- carled
- Partizip II
- carled
- Partizip I
- carling
- 3. Person Singular
- carls