Karre

• Karren m (chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

A chiefly Central and Low German form (vis-à-vis Upper German Karren). From Middle Low German karre f and northern Middle High German karre f, from Old Saxon karra and Old High German karra, from Latin carrus (“cart”), from Gaulish *karros. Compare Dutch kar, English car, Swedish kärra. Doublet of Ross.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁə/

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Karre f (genitive Karre, plural Karren)

1. (regional, chiefly Northern and Central Germany) cart, barrow

   Synonym: Wagen

2. (colloquial) car, automobile

   Synonyms: Auto, Kiste, Wagen

   • 1996, “Risikobiographie”, in Posen, performed by Die Sterne:

     Nein, eure Suppe esse ich nicht / Schon lieber mache ich haufenweise Miese / Und fahr' die neugekaufte Karre auf die Wiese

     No, I won't eat your soup / I'd rather make a whole lot of losses / And drive my new car into a field

• Handkarre
• Heukarre
• Mistkarre
• Sackkarre
• Schubkarre

• “Karre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Karre” in Duden online
• “Karre (Spalte, Rille, Kerbe, Gestein)” in Duden online

• khare (Wiesemann spelling)

Inherited from Middle High German karre, from Old High German karra, borrowed from Latin carrus, borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- + *-ós.^[1]

Cognate with German Karre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰarə/
• Rhymes: -arə
• Syllabification: Kar‧re

Karre m (plural Karre, diminutive Karreche)

1. car; automobile

   Synonym: Auto

   Sie hon zweu Karre.

   They have two cars