karolin

See also: Karolin

English

Noun

karolin (plural karolins or karoliner)

  1. Alternative form of carolin

Swedish

Etymology

The first sense comes from medieval Latin carolinus, from the given name Carolus. The second sense, derived from Carolus as the Latinized form of the name of king Charles XII of Sweden, was first used in 1769, 51 years after his death in 1718. It was also popularized by a collection of short stories titled Karolinerna (1897) by Verner von Heidenstam.

Noun

karolin c

  1. a Swedish coin from the 17th and 18th centuries
  2. (historical) Carolean (Swedish soldier)
    • 1874, Svenska Familj-Journalen‎, volume 13:
      En stund förflöt, hvarunder Elisabeths grå ögon skarpt och oafvändt följde hvarje den minsta rörelse i karolinens fårade och ärriga anlete.
      A while passed, under which Elisabeth's grey eyes sharply and uninterrupted followed every smallest move in the Carolean's wrinkled and scarred face.

Declension
Declension of karolin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative karolin karolinen karoliner karolinerna
Genitive karolins karolinens karoliners karolinernas
  • karolinsk

References
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