barn

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
2. A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
3. (informal) An arena.
4. (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

Verb

To lay up in a barn.

Konzepte

Scheune

Stall

Getreidespeicher

Barn

Schuppen

Getreidemagazin

Pferdestall

Stadel

Speicher

Baracke

Kornkammer

Kornspeicher

Speicher -s

Getreidespeicher -s

Tenne

Korndarre

Viehstall

Buden

Marktbuden

Marktstände

Parkett

Strömungsabrisse

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[bɑɹn]

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”).
More at rest and barley.
For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.