Wiktionary

korn

See also: Korn

Danish

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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korn n (singular definite kornet, plural indefinite korn)

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

Declension

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Declension of korn
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative korn kornet korn kornene
genitive korns kornets korns kornenes

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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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

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Further reading

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  • "korn" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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korn n (genitive singular korns, nominative plural korn)

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

Declension

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Declension of korn (neuter)
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

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Middle English

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Noun

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korn

  1. Alternative form of corn (“grain”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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

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

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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korn n

  1. corn
  2. grain

Descendants

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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “korn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Silesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English corn. Compare Kashubian kòrné

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔrn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrn
  • Syllabification: korn

Noun

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korn m inan

  1. (Texas) corn
    Synonym: kukurzica

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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korn n

  1. a grain (single seed of grass food crops)
    Synonym: sädeskorn
    vetekorn
    grain of wheat
    rågkorn
    grain of rye
    riskorn
    grain of rice
    1. a kernel (of corn or wheat)
      majskorn
      corn kernel
  2. a grain (of some other seeds)
    senapskorn
    grain of mustard seed
  3. (by extension) a small, rounded particle; a grain, a speck, etc.
    sandkorn
    grain of sand
    gruskorn
    piece of gravel
    dammkorn
    speck of dust
  4. barley, the genus Hordeum
    Vi odlar korn och havre
    We grow barley and oats
  5. a bead (front sight of a gun)
  6. (figuratively, in some expressions) sights
    2. (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
    3. (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
  8. Short for väderkorn (“scent, nose”).
  9. (weight of the) alloy (precious metal) in a (gold or silver) coin
    Synonym: finvikt

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Declension of korn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite korn korns
definite kornet kornets
plural indefinite korn korns
definite kornen kornens

Derived terms

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