Feminine

Karre

Meaning

(feminine,regional) cart, barrow
(colloquial,feminine) car, automobile

cashier’s stand

Karosse

Dungkarren

Laufkatze

Personenkraftwagen

fahrbarer Untersatz

Schuttkarren

Schukarren

Förderwagen

Geldkasten

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkaʁə/

Cognate with Dutch

kar

Cognate with English

car

Cognate with Swedish

kärra

In summary

A chiefly Central and Low German form (vis-à-vis Upper German Karren). From Middle Low German karre f and northern Middle High German karre f, from Old Saxon karra and Old High German karra, from Latin carrus (“cart”), from Gaulish *karros. Compare Dutch kar, English car, Swedish kärra. Doublet of Ross.

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