korn
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
korn n (singular definite kornet, plural indefinite korn)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “korn” in Den Danske Ordbog
- korn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
korn n (genitive singular korns, plural korn)
Declension edit
Declension of korn | ||||
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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 edit
- árskorn, aðalkorn, byggkorn, blóðkorn, frækorn, fullkorn, gásakorn, grønakorn, gullkorn, havrakorn, hveitikorn, lættiskorn, maiskorn, piparkorn, rugkorn, sandkorn, sáðkorn, sinnopskorn, vetiskorn
Further reading edit
- "korn" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
korn n (genitive singular korns, nominative plural korn)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
korn
- Alternative form of corn (“grain”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Noun edit
korn n (definite singular kornet, indefinite plural korn, definite plural korna or kornene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “korn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Akin to English corn.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /korn/, /konː/
- (South West) IPA(key): /kodn/, [kʰɞ̞dn]
- (North West, north of Dovre) IPA(key): /koɲː/, [kʰɞ̞ɲː]
- Hyphenation: kòrn
Noun edit
korn n (definite singular kornet, indefinite plural korn, definite plural korna)
- (uncountable) grain (cereal)
- (countable) a grain (small particle)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “korn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Noun edit
korn n
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: korn
- Faroese: korn
- Norn: korn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) korn, kørn
- Norwegian Bokmål: korn
- Old Swedish: korn
- Swedish: korn
- Danish: korn
References edit
- “korn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Silesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
korn m inan
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
korn n
- a grain (single seed of grass food crops)
- a grain (of some other seeds)
- senapskorn
- grain of mustard seed
- (by extension) a small, rounded particle; a grain, a speck, etc.
- barley, the genus Hordeum
- Vi odlar korn och havre
- We grow barley and oats
- a bead (front sight of a gun)
- (figuratively, in some expressions) sights
- (in "få/ha korn på" (get/have bead on)) to get/have in one's sights ((become aware of and) target, in some sense)
- Polisen hade fått korn på en misstänkt bil via en övervakningskamera
- The police had picked up on (gotten in their sights, "gotten bead on") a suspicious car via a surveillance camera
- Klubben har fått korn på en ny tomt
- The club has a new plot of land in their sights
- (in "på kornet" (on the bead)) spot on, perfectly (of a portrayal or the like)
- Filmen fångar tidsperioden på kornet
- The movie captures the time period spot on
- (in "få/ha korn på" (get/have bead on)) to get/have in one's sights ((become aware of and) target, in some sense)
- Short for väderkorn (“scent, nose”).
- (weight of the) alloy (precious metal) in a (gold or silver) coin
- Synonym: finvikt
Usage notes edit
- Grain in the collective sense is säd.
- For referring to types of grain (cereals), see sädesslag.
- The general word for seed is frö.
- A scent metaphor might sometimes be intended instead in (sense 6.1) (compare (sense 7)), though it often makes little difference.
Declension edit
Declension of korn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | korn | kornet | korn | kornen |
Genitive | korns | kornets | korns | kornens |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
- av samma skrot och korn
- gryn (“hulled grain”)