karg

Meaning

  1. poor, scarce, not well equipped, not decorated (of a room)
  2. barren, not lush, with little vegetation (of land)

Concepts

scanty
sparse
barren
thin
scarce
rare
meagre
few
🤏
poor
in short supply
avaricious
precious
meager
stingy
uncommon
stinted
scant
paltry
gaunt
short
lean
unsatisfying

cash-hungry

bare
bleak
cheapskate
closefisted
defective
deficient
exiguous
frugal
hard
infertile
little
mingy
moneygrubbing
niggard
parsimonious
penurious
skimpy
skinny
small
ungenerous
Synonyms

dürftig
33k
spärlich
44k
knapp
B1
kärglich
rar
21k
gering
C2
selten
B1
schmal
20k
knauserig
47k
sparsam
C2
einfach
A1
ärmlich
kahl
C2
unfruchtbar
22k
schlicht
C2
anspruchslos
armselig
C2
bescheiden
C1
dünn
B2
dürr
31k

fast nichts

frugal
geizig
C2
genügsam

kaum etwas

kümmerlich
mager
C2
mäßig
32k
minimal
21k
nüchtern
C1
öde
C1

schmucklos

spartanisch
trostlos
24k
unprätentiös
winzig
C1
elend
C1

knausrig

wenig
A1

sehr wenig

unverwöhnt

schwach
B1
gierig
C1
sobald
A2
desolat

äußerst bescheiden

minim
Tod
A1
💀
trocken
B2
mau
37k
Translations

schaars
avare
escasso
raro
schraal

schriel

insuficiente
karig
escaso
rare

ongemeen

radin
zeldzaam
rarus
parcimonieux
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaʁk/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
karc
Inherited from Old High German
karag
In summary

From Middle High German karc, from Old High German karag, charag.

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