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intern

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Etymology 1 edit

From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.

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intern (plural interns)

  1. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.

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intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

  1. (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
    The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
    • 1989 October 15, Vivien Raynor, “Interned Artists, Devoid of Grievance”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      That description was of a camp at the Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco, one of several centers in California where Japanese and Japanese-American residents (Issei and Nisei) were held before being interned in areas remote from the West Coast.
    1. (of a state, especially a neutral state) To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
      The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
  2. (transitive, programming) To internalize.
    • 2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook, page 81:
      Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code.
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Adjective edit

intern (comparative more intern, superlative most intern)

  1. (archaic) Internal.

Etymology 2 edit

From French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”); compare etymology 1.

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intern (plural interns)

  1. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
    • 1994 November 6, William Goss, “Interning For Pleasure And Profit”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN:
      Students know that working as an intern can provide contacts and all-important experience in their chosen fields. And last year, 26 percent of graduates hired by companies had worked as interns, compared with 9 percent the year before.
  2. A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
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intern (third-person singular simple present interns, present participle interning, simple past and past participle interned)

  1. (intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
    I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin internus.

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intern (feminine interna, masculine plural interns, feminine plural internes)

  1. internal
    Antonym: extern

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intern m (plural interns, feminine interna)

  1. (medicine) intern
  2. (education) boarder

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Etymology edit

From English intern or English internship.

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Particularly: “Mandarin”

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intern (Hong Kong Cantonese, American (1980–))

  1. intern (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    不論是NG還是intern，都是非常缺乏面試經驗的 [MSC, trad.]
    不论是NG还是intern，都是非常缺乏面试经验的 [MSC, simp.]
    bùlùn shì NG háishì intern, dōu shì fēicháng quēfá miànshì jīngyàn de [Pinyin]
    Regardless if they are new graduates or intern, they all lack interview experience.
  2. internship (Classifier: 份 c)
    三年工作經驗找不到intern [MSC, trad.]
    三年工作经验找不到intern [MSC, simp.]
    sān nián gōngzuò jīngyàn zhǎo bù dào intern [Pinyin]
    Can't find an internship with three-year working experience.

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intern (neuter internt, plural and definite singular attributive interne)

  1. internal

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Etymology edit

From French interne (“inner, internal”), or directly from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”).

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intern (comparative interner, superlative internst)

  1. internal, inside of something, of the body etc.

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Inflection of intern
uninflected intern
inflected interne
comparative interner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial intern interner het internst
het internste
indefinite m./f. sing. interne internere internste
n. sing. intern interner internste
plural interne internere internste
definite interne internere internste
partitive interns interners —

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intern (strong nominative masculine singular interner, not comparable)

  1. internal

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Positive forms of intern (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist intern sie ist intern es ist intern sie sind intern
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative interner interne internes interne
genitive internen interner internen interner
dative internem interner internem internen
accusative internen interne internes interne
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der interne die interne das interne die internen
genitive des internen der internen des internen der internen
dative dem internen der internen dem internen den internen
accusative den internen die interne das interne die internen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein interner eine interne ein internes (keine) internen
genitive eines internen einer internen eines internen (keiner) internen
dative einem internen einer internen einem internen (keinen) internen
accusative einen internen eine interne ein internes (keine) internen

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Further reading edit

  • “intern” in Duden online
  • “intern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Etymology edit

From Dutch intern, from French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɪntɛr(ə)n]
  • Hyphenation: in‧tèrn

Adjective edit

intern

  1. internal.
    Synonym: internal

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Latin internus.

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intern (neuter singular internt, definite singular and plural interne)

  1. internal

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Etymology edit

From Latin internus.

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intern (neuter singular internt, definite singular and plural interne)

  1. internal

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Etymology edit

French interne, Latin internus

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intern m or n (feminine singular internă, masculine plural interni, feminine and neuter plural interne)

  1. internal
    Antonym: extern

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Declension of intern
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite intern internă interni interne
definite internul interna internii internele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite intern interne interni interne
definite internului internei internelor internilor

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Etymology edit

From Latin internus.

Adjective edit

intern (not comparable)

  1. internal, something of no relevance for outsiders

Declension edit

Inflection of intern
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular intern — —
Neuter singular internt — —
Plural interna — —
Masculine plural3 interne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 interne — —
All interna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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intern c

  1. a prisoner, an inmate

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Declension of intern 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative intern internen interner internerna
Genitive interns internens interners internernas

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