karve
noun
karve is spelled K-A-R-V-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, karve means “a multipurpose intermediate size Viking longship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of karve is karves.
How many letters and syllables are in karve?
| Letters | 5: K-A-R-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is karve?
Karve appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of karve
- karves plural
- karvi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does karve mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a multipurpose intermediate size Viking longship
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does karve come from?
Borrowed from Old Norse karfi, or one of its descendants, potentially Swedish karve, or Danish karve.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).