Karel

See also: karel, Kärel, and karel.

English

Noun

Karel (plural Karels)

1. A Karelian, Kareli; a native of Karelia.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 258:

     On St. Olaf's Day (29th July) the Karels of Finland kill a lamb, without using a knife, and roast it whole.

Czech

Alternative forms

• (given name): Kar. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarɛl]

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Proper noun

Karel m anim (related adjective Karlův)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

Declension

Declension of Karel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Karel	Karlové
genitive	Karla	Karlů
dative	Karlovi, Karlu	Karlům
accusative	Karla	Karly
vocative	Karle	Karlové
locative	Karlovi, Karlu	Karlech
instrumental	Karlem	Karly

Proper noun

Karel m anim (feminine Karlová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Karel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Karel	Karlové
genitive	Karla	Karlů
dative	Karlovi	Karlům
accusative	Karla	Karly
vocative	Karle	Karlové
locative	Karlovi	Karlech
instrumental	Karlem	Karly

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrəl/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧rel
• Rhymes: -aːrəl

Proper noun

Karel m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

Anagrams

• kaler, rakel

Icelandic

Proper noun

Karel m

1. a male given name

Declension

declension of Karel

m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Karel
accusative	Karel
dative	Karel
genitive	Karels

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rɛl/

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• Rhymes: -arɛl
• Syllabification: Ka‧rel

Noun

Karel m pers (female equivalent Karelka)

1. Kareli, Karelian (person from Karelia)

Declension

Declension of Karel

	singular	plural
nominative	Karel	Karelowie
genitive	Karela	Karelów
dative	Karelowi	Karelom
accusative	Karela	Karelów
instrumental	Karelem	Karelami
locative	Karelu	Karelach
vocative	Karelu	Karelowie

Related terms

adjective

• karelski

 

noun

• Karelia

 

Further reading

• Karel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàːrəl/

Proper noun

Kárəl m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Kárel
genitive	Kárla
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kárel
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kárla
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kárlu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kárla
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kárlu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kárlom