Korn
Meaning
-
- (countable, neuter, strong) kernel; single grain
- (neuter, strong, uncountable) cereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)
- (dated, neuter, regional, strong, uncountable) rye (as the commonest kind of grain in German-speaking Europe)
- (countable, neuter, strong) bead (knob on a gun barrel used for aiming)
Concepts
material point
Korn
film grain
muzzle sight
front sight
Synonyms
Samenkorn
Obstkern
Zielpunkt
Kurzer
Getreidekorn
Kornbrand
Shortdrink
Klarer
Doppelkorn
Feldfrüchte
Gran
Korpuskel
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
frucht
Basel-Landschaft
koorn
Basel-Landschaft
mugg
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔrn/
Etymology
From Middle High German korn, from Old High German korn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
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