garn
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (AU) (file)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn.
NounEdit
garn (uncountable)
Etymology 2Edit
From go on.
InterjectionEdit
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!
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)
- garn, yarn
- thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- twine (strong thread)
- net (used for catching fish)
InflectionEdit
Yarn, thread:
Net, twine:
See alsoEdit
- garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old Norse garn, both from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of yarn.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
garn (uncountable)
DescendantsEdit
- English: garn (obsolete)
ReferencesEdit
- “garn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)
ReferencesEdit
- “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)
ReferencesEdit
- “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *garną, whence also Old English ġearn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
NounEdit
garn n
DescendantsEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.
AdverbEdit
garn
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
PronunciationEdit
audio (file)
NounEdit
garn n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of garn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | garn | garnet | garn | garnen |
Genitive | garns | garnets | garns | garnens |