kärr

See also: kærr, Karr, and kärr-

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, underbrush, bushes, scrub”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”).

Cognate with Danish kær (“brushwood, undergrowth, scrub”), Norwegian Bokmål kjerr, Norwegian Nynorsk kjørr (“thicket”), Icelandic kjarr (“scrub”).

Noun

kärr n

  1. a fen, (less specifically) a bog

Usage notes

Considered a type of myr (“bog”).

Declension

Declension of kärr
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kärr kärrs
definite kärret kärrets
plural indefinite kärr kärrs
definite kärren kärrens

See also

References

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