Karen
English
Etymology 1
From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkæɹən/
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- Rhymes: -æɹən, -ɛɹən, -ɛə(ɹ)n
- Homophone: caron
- Homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, G-dropping)
- Homophones: cairn, carn (some American accents)
Proper noun
Karen
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1878 Celia Thaxter, Drift-Weed, Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen"):
- Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!
- 1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen, W.Collins, 1918, page 12:
- I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.
- 1878 Celia Thaxter, Drift-Weed, Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen"):
Usage notes
First taken up as a given name in the US, and popular in the English-speaking world from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉 (krny /Kārēn/), from Old Iranian *kar-ina-. The Armenian name is from Armenian Կարեն (Karen), from the same Parthian name.
Alternative forms
- Garen (from Western Armenian)
- Kārēn (from Middle Iranian)
- Qarin, Qārin (from Arabic)
- Karin, Kārin (from New Iranian)
Proper noun
Karen
- (historical) one of the seven great Parthian feudal families
- An Armenian male given name from Armenian
Synonyms
Translations
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References
Etymology 3
From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang, “wild, low-caste man”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛn/
Proper noun
Karen
Further reading
Ethnologue report on the Karen languages
Etymology 4
The female given name "Karen" was popular among the Baby Boomer generation.
Noun
Karen (plural Karens)
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A woman who is a baby boomer.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A woman who has a disproportionate sense of entitlement. (clarification of this definition is needed).
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Karen, from Danish.
Proper noun
Karen
- a female given name from Danish
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Karen.
Danish
Etymology
A medieval variant of Katharina (“Catherine”).
Proper noun
Karen
- a female given name.
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 83 320 females with the given name Karen have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Finnish
Proper noun
Karen
- (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of Kare (the given name)
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Karen
- a female given name.
Related terms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karen f
- a female given name
Declension
Sometimes also Karen in accusative and dative.
Luxembourgish
Noun
Karen
Norwegian
Proper noun
Karen
- a female given name of Danish origin.
- English terms derived from Danish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/ɛɹən
- Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)n
- English terms with homophones
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Parthian
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- English male given names
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- Cebuano given names
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- Cebuano female given names from Danish
- Cebuano female given names from Ancient Greek
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- Finnish non-lemma forms
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Luxembourgish non-lemma forms
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