karges

Karges is primarily an inflected form of the German adjective karg, meaning bare, meager, or scant. It is used in front of nouns in attributive position and changes with gender, number, and case. In neuter singular with the indefinite article, karges appears as ein karges Leben or ein karges Frühstück. For feminine nouns, the corresponding form is karge (eine karge Wohnung). For plural or other cases, forms such as kargen or karger appear, depending on context. In literary and everyday German, karge describes a limited or sparse amount, often emphasizing austerity or harshness.

Karges is also a German surname. As a surname, Karges likely derives from the adjective and may have originated as a nickname or toponymic descriptor for an ancestor associated with a sparse landscape or frugal habits. The name is found in German-speaking regions and among descendants of German emigrants.

See also: Karge and Karg. These related terms reflect the same root and are used in different grammatical contexts or as separate surnames. The word karges itself is not commonly used as a standalone noun in modern German outside of its adjectival function and does not denote a distinct concept beyond its descriptive meaning.