karl.
man (male human)
Meaning & usage
man (male human)
husband
male (of a species)
a character (cf. English guy, Swedish gubbe, with the same sense)
chess piece, chessman (cf. English guys, Swedish gubbar, “men” as a game resource)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (*karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Being West Norse, Icelandic senses have overall developed analogously to East Norse cognate Swedish karl (“(manly) man; husband”), compared to East Norse cognate Danish karl (“farmhand”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.