Kerbe
See also: kërbë
German
Alternative forms
- Kerb m
Etymology
From Middle High German kërbe (“incision, notch”), from Old High German *kerba, from Proto-West Germanic *kerbā, from Proto-Germanic *kerbǭ, related to *kerbaną (“to cut, carve”).
Cognate with German Low German Karve, Middle Dutch kerve, Saterland Frisian Käärwe, Old Norse kjarf (“bundle”), Old English cyrf (“incision”) (whence English kerf).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛʁbə/
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Noun
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Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kerbe”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Kerbe” in Duden online
- “Kerbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kerbe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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