Neuter
Hirn
Meaning
- (countable, neuter, strong) brain (organ)
- (neuter, strong, uncountable) brain (meat)
Concepts
Synonyms
Denkorgan
Denkapparat
graue Zellen
Cerebrum
Enzephalon
Lernfähigkeit
grauen Zellen
Fleischabfall
Fassungskraft
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
hirn
Basel-Landschaft
hiirni
Basel-Landschaft
kääs
Basel-Landschaft
limbuurger
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɪʁn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German hirne, hërne, from Old High German hirni (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”); see there for the cognates.
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