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Hirn

Meaning

  1. (countable, neuter, strong) brain (organ)
  2. (neuter, strong, uncountable) brain (meat)

Concepts

brain tissue

brain as food

heart as food

kidney as food

liver as food

lung as food

stomach as food

tongue as food

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

hirn

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hiirni

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kääs

Basel-Landschaft

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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