Daily Ancestorungkarl
Ungkarl means "bachelor", an unmarried man of any age; in a Norwegian marriage entry it marks a groom who had never been married.
SNL explains that the word covers young men and also older men who never married, while widowers and divorced men are not counted. In a marriage entry it tells you there is no earlier wife to look for.
Ungkarl is the older spelling and is still the Danish form; modern Norwegian writes ungkar. FamilySearch gives ungkarl simply as bachelor.
As seen in a recordMarriage register of a Norwegian church book, 1870s
Viede: Ungkarl Asbjørn Tollefsen Rudningen, 29 Aar, Gaardmandssøn
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Daily Ancestor. "ungkarl." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/norwegian/ungkarl. Last checked 2026-10-28.