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Kerle

Kerle is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Kerle

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Kerle?

Kerle ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Kerle is an exception: der Kerle.

The other -e exceptions
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Meaning

[1] Swabian, "not as an ordinary name, but with a special rhetorical color" :: male person, occasionally also transferred to objects

[1] schwäbisch, „nicht als gewöhnliche Bezeichnung, sondern mit besonderer rhetorischer Färbung“:: männliche Person, gelegentlich auch auf Gegenstände übertragen

Examples

[1] He is a guy like a cupboard

[1] Er ist ein Kerle wie ein Schrank.

[1] The guy can be needed

[1] Den Kerle kann man brauchen!
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] In our class there were twelve girls and eleven Kerleä

[1] In unserer Klasse waren zwölf Mädchen und elf Kerle.
Grammar note

The genitive is unbroken

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kerle die Kerle
Genitiv des Kerles der Kerle
Dativ dem Kerle den Kerle
Akkusativ den Kerle die Kerle

Pronunciation

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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