Contionary:korn
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /korn/
From Gothic kaúrn (sense 1.) and kaúrnō (other senses).
Noun
² kórn n.m. hard stem
- corn (harvested seeds of a cereal crop)
- kernel, core
- (mathematics) kernel
- core, nucleus
- (physics, chemistry) nucleus
- pit, pip, stone (of a fruit)
Declension
| declension of kórn (mh declension) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kórn | kórnan | kórns | kórnas |
| genitive | kúrns | kúrnes | kúrne | kúrnse |
| dative | kórn | kórnum | kórną | kórnę |
Derived terms
- àppolkòrn ("apple core")
- àtomkòrn ("nucleus of an atom")
- értzkòrn ("core of the earth")
- kírszakòrn ("cherry stone")
- kórnèbenzàl ("nuclear isomer")
- kórnlòs ("seedless")
- kúrnskä̀llj ("subatomic particle")