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Kerl

Kerl

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Noun.
See
Carl
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Definition 2024


Kerl

Kerl

See also: kerl

German

Noun

Kerl m (genitive Kerls, plural Kerle or Kerls, diminutive Kerlchen n)

  1. fellow, guy, chap, bloke
  2. (obsolete) freeman

Usage notes

  • 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”).

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Old Frisian

Proper noun

Kerl

  1. Charles

kerl

kerl

See also: Kerl

English

Noun

kerl (plural kerls)

  1. Alternative form of carl