Kerbe
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See also: kërbë
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Kerb m
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German kërbe (“incision, notch”), from Old High German *kerba, from Proto-West Germanic *kerbā, from Proto-Germanic *kerbǭ, related to *kerbaną (“to cut, carve”).
Cognate with German Low German Karve, Middle Dutch kerve, Saterland Frisian Käärwe, Old Norse kjarf (“bundle”), Old English cyrf (“incision”) (whence English kerf).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Kerbe f (genitive Kerbe, plural Kerben, diminutive Kerbchen n or Kerblein n)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Kerbe [feminine]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kerbe”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading[edit]
- “Kerbe” in Duden online
- “Kerbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kerbe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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