karg

See also: Karg

German

Etymology

From Middle High German karc, from Old High German karag, charag, from Proto-Germanic *karagaz. Cognate with Dutch karig, Old English cariġ, ċeariġ (“careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, chary, anxious, grievous, dire”). More at chary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁk/

• Audio:

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Adjective

karg (comparative karger or kärger, superlative am kargsten or am kärgsten)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

• kargen
• Kargheit
• Karglaut
• kärglich
• pfennigkarg
• schreibkarg
• unkarg
• wortkarg
• zeitkarg

Further reading

• “karg” in Duden online