Karen
A middle-aged white woman who exhibits a strong sense of white privilege and…A middle-aged white woman who exhibits a strong sense of white privilege and entitlement—often rooted in racism against minority races—and frequently targets or antagonizes individuals who face greater societal challenges or must work significantly harder than she.
» Karen is not angry with me.
Karen ist nicht wütend auf mich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Карен на меня не сердится. — odexed
Карен не гнівається на мене. — rmdas
CN · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(derogatory, slang)A middle-aged white woman who exhibits a strong sense of white privilege and entitlement—often rooted in racism against minority races—and frequently targets or antagonizes individuals who face greater societal challenges or must work significantly harder than she.
хабалкаkhabalka, тупая пиздаtupaya pizda
(broadly, derogatory)Any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.
This Karen threatened to get me fired if I didn't give her a free meal.
A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand.
- the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands
Examples
28 sentencesKaren is not angry with me.
Карен не гнівається на мене. — rmdas
ruКарен на меня не сердится. — odexed
deKaren ist nicht wütend auf mich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Karen bought a lot of things at the flea market.
Карен купила багато речей на блошиному ринку. — deniko
ruКарен купила много вещей на блошином рынке. — Selena777
deKaren hat auf dem Flohmarkt einen Haufen Zeug gekauft. — Manfredo
Karen went there herself.
Карен пішла туди сама. — rmdas
ruКарен пошла туда сама. — odexed
Karen asked to speak to the manager.
Karen demanded to speak to the manager.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sensFrom Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English.
From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin.
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Forms
plural: Karens / KarenSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.