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Karling

UK/ˈkɑːlɪŋ/

Karling is the alternative form of Caroling.

Meaning of Caroling

Noun

Caroling (plural Carolings)

  1. A descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian.
    • The wonderful house of the Carolings, which produced no less than five successive rulers of genius […]1878, James Cotter Morison, Gibbon, London, page 163

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Forms of Karling

pluralKarlings

Origin of Karling

From Medieval Latin Karlingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Karl + -ing. Cognate with Middle High German Kärling.

Words formed from Karling

Words that rhyme with Karling

Questions about Karling

What is Karling the alternative form of?
Karling is the alternative form of Caroling.
How do you pronounce Karling?
Karling is pronounced /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near Karling in the dictionary

  1. Karlene
  2. Karlens
  3. Karley
  4. Karli
  5. Karlie
  6. Karling
  7. Karlingian
  8. Karlings
  9. karlite
  10. Karlivka
  11. Karlobag

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Karling (page history and authors); Caroling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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