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): /kʰɔ(r̥)ʔn̥/
• Rhymes: -ɔʔn̥

Noun

korn n (genitive singular korns, nominative plural korn)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• frjókorn
• snjókorn

Middle English

Noun

korn

1. Alternative form of corn (“grain”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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]
• Hyphenation: kòrn

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
• Norwegian Bokmål: korn
• Old Swedish: korn
  • Swedish: korn
• Danish: korn

References

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

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English corn. Compare Kashubian kòrné

Pronunciation

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

Noun

korn m inan

1. (Texas) corn

   Synonym: kukurzica

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰuːɳ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

• 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

Declension of korn

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

Derived terms

• dammkorn
• gruskorn
• majskorn
• riskorn
• rågkorn
• sandkorn
• vetekorn
• väderkorn

Related terms

• kornig

See also

• av samma skrot och korn
• gryn (“hulled grain”)

References

• korn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• korn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• korn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)