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”).
Usage notes
Considered a type of myr (“bog”).
Declension
| Declension of kärr | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kärr | kärret | kärr | kärren |
| Genitive | kärrs | kärrets | kärrs | kärrens |
See also
- mosse (“raised bog”)
References
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