barn
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”). More at rest and barley.
NounEdit
barn (plural barns)
- (agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
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1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 11, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.
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- (nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
- (informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.
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Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.
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Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)
- (transitive) To lay up in a barn.
- Shakespeare
- Men […] often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
- Shakespeare
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, prodigy”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). More at bairn.
NounEdit
barn (plural barns)
- (dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
SynonymsEdit
- (child): bairn
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Cornish barna.
VerbEdit
barn
- (transitive) to judge
InflectionEdit
ConjugationEdit
Personal forms | |||||||
Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
1s | barnan | barnen | barnis | barnin | barnfen | barnjen | - |
2s | barnez | barnes | barnjout | barni | barnfes | barnjes | barn |
3s | barn | barne | barnas | barno | barnfe | barnje | barnet |
1p | barnomp | barnemp | barnjomp | barnimp | barnfemp | barnjemp | barnomp |
2p | barnit | barnec'h | barnjoc'h | barnot | barnfec'h | barnjec'h | barnit |
3p | barnont | barnent | barnjont | barnint | barnfent | barnjent | barnent |
0 | barner | barned | barnjod | barnor | barnfed | barnjed | - |
Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
Infinitive: barn Present participle: o varn Past participle: barnet (auxiliary verb: kaout) |
Soft mutation after a: a varn- Mixed mutation after e: e varn- Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na varn- |
Derived termsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Danish barn, from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
barn n (singular definite barnet, plural indefinite børn)
Usage notesEdit
In compounds: barn-, barne-, barns- or børne-.
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
- adoptivbarn
- barnagtig
- barnagtighed
- barndom
- barnealder
- barneansigt
- barnebarn
- barnebillet
- barnecykel
- barnedåb
- barnefader
- barnefar
- barnefødsel
- barnefødt
- barnehoved
- barnekammer
- barnemad
- barnemoder
- barnemor
- barnemord
- barnepige
- barnepleje
- barnerov
- barnerumpe
- barneseng
- barneske
- barneskefuld
- barnesko
- barneskole
- barnesprog
- barnestjerne
- barnestol
- barnesæde
- barnetro
- barnevogn
- barneår
- barnlig
- barnlille
- barnløs
- barnsben
- brystbarn
- bysbarn
- børnearbejde
- børnebegrænsning
- børnebibliotek
- børnebidrag
- børnebillet
- børnebog
- børnebogsforfatter
- børnecheck
- børnecykel
- børnedødelighed
- børneernæring
- børnefamilie
- børnefjendsk
- børnefjendtlig
- børneflok
- børneforsorg
- børneforsorgspædagog
- børnefødselsdag
- børneglad
- børnehave
- børnehaveklasse
- børnehavepædagog
- børnehjem
- børnehjælpsdag
- børnehospital
- børnehøjde
- børneinstitution
- børnekultur
- børnelammelse
- børnelokker
- børnelæge
- børnelærdom
- børnemad
- børnemisbrug
- børnemisbruger
- børnemishandling
- børneopdragelse
- børneopsparing
- børneorm
- børneparkering
- børnepasning
- børnepasser
- børnepenge
- børneporno
- børnepsykiater
- børnepsykiatri
- børnepsykiatrisk
- børnepsykolog
- børnepsykologi
- børnepsykologisk
- børnerig
- børnerigtig
- børnesang
- børnesikker
- børnesikre
- børnesikring
- børneskole
- børnesprog
- børnesygdom
- børnesæde
- børnesår
- børneteater
- børnetegning
- børnetilskud
- børnetække
- børnetøj
- børneven
- børnevenlig
- børneværelse
- børneværn
- børneægteskab
- børneår
- børn og unge-udvalg
- DAMP-barn
- delebarn
- diebarn
- elleveårsbarn
- elveårsbarn
- enebarn
- feriebarn
- flaskebarn
- fællesbarn
- fødselsdagsbarn
- førskolebarn
- gadebarn
- gammelmandsbarn
- gudbarn
- gudebarn
- hittebarn
- hjertebarn
- kælebarn
- legebarn
- mongolbarn
- niårsbarn
- næstsøskendebarn
- nøglebarn
- oldebarn
- pattebarn
- pigebarn
- plejebarn
- problembarn
- reagensglasbarn
- rhesusbarn
- skilsmissebarn
- skolebarn
- skødebarn
- smertensbarn
- småbarn
- spædbarn
- stedbarn
- svagbørn
- svagbørnskoloni
- svigerbørn
- svøbelsebarn
- svøbelsesbarn
- særbarn
- søndagsbarn
- søskendebarn
- tipoldebarn
- toårsbarn
- troldebarn
- vidunderbarn
- ægtebarn
- ønskebarn
ReferencesEdit
- “barn” in Den Danske Ordbog
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
barn n (genitive singular barns, plural børn)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of barn | ||||
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n5 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | barn | barnið | børn | børnini |
accusative | barn | barnið | børn | børnini |
dative | barni | barninum | børnum | børnunum |
genitive | barns | barnsins | barna | barnanna |
FrenchEdit
GothicEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): [ˈpartn], IPA(key): [ˈpatn] (colloquial), IPA(key): [ˈparn] (Southeast dialect)
- Rhymes: -artn
- Rhymes: -atn
NounEdit
barn n (genitive singular barns, nominative plural börn)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- smábarn
- brjóstbarn
- undrabarn
- ungabarn
- ungbarn
- barnalegur
- barnalæknir
- brennt barn forðast eldinn
- barnshafandi
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
barn n (definite singular barnet, indefinite plural barn, definite plural barna or barnene)
- a child
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “barn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
barn n (definite singular barnet, indefinite plural barn or born, definite plural barna or borna)
- a child
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “barn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.
NounEdit
barn n (genitive barns, plural børn)
DescendantsEdit
- Danish: barn
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
NounEdit
barn n (genitive barns, plural bǫrn)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: barn
- Faroese: barn
- Norwegian: barn
- Old Swedish: barn
- Swedish: barn
- Old Danish: barn
- Danish: barn
- Westrobothnian: báðn
- Elfdalian: barn
- Jamtish: báðn
- Gutnish: ban
- Scanian: barn
ReferencesEdit
- barn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *barną, whence also Old English barn, Old High German barn, Swedish barn.
NounEdit
barn n
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | barn | barn |
accusative | barn | barn |
genitive | barnes | barnō |
dative | barne | barnun |
instrumental | — | — |
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.
NounEdit
barn n
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Swedish: barn
PolishEdit
NounEdit
barn m inan
- barn (unit)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- barn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish barn (“child”), from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Danish barn, Icelandic barn, Old Saxon barn, Old High German barn, Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“worker”) and bernẽlis (“lad”), a kind of participle to bära (“to bear, to carry, as in childbirth”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
barn n
- a child (a young person)
- (someone's) child, offspring (a son or daughter)
- a descendant (e.g. children of Abraham)
- a follower (e.g. God's children)
- (someone's) creation, invention
- (uncountable) barn; a unit of area in nuclear physics
DeclensionEdit
Declension of barn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | barn | barnet | barn | barnen |
Genitive | barns | barnets | barns | barnens |
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- barn in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- barn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.