korn

See also: Korn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Related to kerne (“kernel, core”), from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“kernel, core”). Possibly also related to kærne (“(butter) churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”) (see that entry for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korn/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀn]
• (Hardsysselsk) IPA^(key): [kʰokwɐ]

Noun

korn n (singular definite kornet, plural indefinite korn)

1. corn, cereal
2. grain (e.g. sandkorn (“grain of sand”))

Declension

Declension of korn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	korn	kornet	korn	kornene
genitive	korns	kornets	korns	kornenes

Further reading

• “korn” in Den Danske Ordbog
• korn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔtn/

Noun

korn n (genitive singular korns, plural korn)

1. corn, grain, cereal(s)
2. seed (e.g. sinnopskorn; mustard seed)
3. grain (e.g. sandkorn; grain of sand)

Declension

Declension of korn
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	korn	kornið	korn	kornini
accusative	korn	kornið	korn	kornini
dative	korni	korninum	kornum	kornunum
genitive	korns	kornsins	korna	kornanna

Hyponyms

• árskorn, aðalkorn, byggkorn, blóðkorn, frækorn, fullkorn, gásakorn, grønakorn, gullkorn, havrakorn, hveitikorn, lættiskorn, maiskorn, piparkorn, rugkorn, sandkorn, sáðkorn, sinnopskorn, vetiskorn

Further reading

• "korn" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔrtn/
• Rhymes: -ɔrtn

Noun

korn n (genitive singular korns, nominative plural korn)

1. corn
2. grain (e.g. sandkorn; grain of sand)

Declension

declension of korn

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	korn	kornið	korn	kornin
accusative	korn	kornið	korn	kornin
dative	korni	korninu	kornum	kornunum
genitive	korns	kornsins	korna	kornanna

Derived terms

• frjókorn
• snjókorn

Middle English

Noun

korn

1. Alternative form of corn (“grain”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish korn, from Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Noun

korn n (definite singular kornet, indefinite plural korn, definite plural korna or kornene)

1. grain (cereal)
2. a grain (small particle)

Derived terms

• kornfarget
• kornsilo
• maiskorn
• sandkorn

References

• “korn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kørn, kønn, kødn, karn, kunn (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Akin to English corn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korn/, /konː/
• (South West) IPA^(key): /kodn/, [kʰɞ̞dn]
• (North West, north of Dovre) IPA^(key): /koɲː/, [kʰɞ̞ɲː]

Noun

korn n (definite singular kornet, indefinite plural korn, definite plural korna)

1. (uncountable) grain (cereal)
2. (countable) a grain (small particle)

Derived terms

• kornsilo
• maiskorn
• sandkorn

References

• “korn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kron

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Noun

korn n

1. corn
2. grain

Descendants

• Icelandic: korn
• Faroese: korn
• Norn: korn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) korn, kørn
• Old Swedish: korn
  • Swedish: korn
• Danish: korn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korn

References

• “korn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Silesian

Etymology

From English corn.

Noun

korn m

1. (Texas) corn

   Synonym: kukurzica

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰuːɳ]

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Noun

korn n

1. a seed of grain
2. some other seeds and small particles

   sandkorn ― grain of sand

   senapskorn ― grain of mustard

3. barley; the genus Hordeum
4. bead; front sight of a gun

Declension

Declension of korn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	korn	kornet	korn	kornen
Genitive	korns	kornets	korns	kornens

Derived terms

• sandkorn
• dammkorn

Related terms

• kornig

See also

• av samma skrot och korn
• få korn på
• på kornet