garn
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn.
Noun edit
garn (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
From go on.
Interjection edit
garn
- (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, “Act II”, in Pygmalion[1]:
- Mrs Pearce: […] She may be married.
Liza: Garn!
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)
Inflection edit
Noun edit
garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)
Inflection edit
See also edit
- garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
garn
- (Erzgebirgisch) gladly
- (Erzgebirgisch) willingly
- (Erzgebirgisch) be likely to
References edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[2], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)
Declension edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse garn, both from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of yarn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garn (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- English: garn (obsolete)
References edit
- “garn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)
- (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
- a net (fishing)
References edit
- “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)
- (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
- a net (fishing)
References edit
- “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *garną, whence also Old English ġearn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Noun edit
garn n
Descendants edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.
Adverb edit
garn
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
garn n
Declension edit
Declension of garn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | garn | garnet | garner | garnerna |
Genitive | garns | garnets | garners | garnernas |
Noun edit
garn n
- a fishing net
- Synonym: fisknät
- snärja någon i sitt garn
- ensnare someone in one's net (figurative, idiomatic)
Declension edit
Declension of garn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | garn | garnet | garn | garnen |
Genitive | garns | garnets | garns | garnens |
Related terms edit
References edit
- garn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- garn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- garn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)