Etymology

kerl

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Kerl
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  1. German · borrowed fromKerl“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”
  2. English todayKerl

Borrowed from German Kerl (“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.