kärr

See also: kærr, Karr, and kärr-

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, underbrush, bushes, scrub”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”).

Cognate with Danish kær (“brushwood, undergrowth, scrub”), Norwegian Bokmål kjerr, Norwegian Nynorsk kjørr (“thicket”), Icelandic kjarr (“scrub”).

Noun

kärr

1. A marsh or bog; swamp.

Further reading

• kärr in Svensk ordbok.