Kern

See also: kern

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

The unincorporated community in Missouri is named after Robert Kern. The Kern River is named after Edward Kern.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kern

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
  3. the Kern River in California, USA

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kerne, kern, from Old High German kerno, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (core, kernel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛrn/, [kɛʁn], [kɛɐ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁn
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: kehren (one pronunciation)

Noun

Kern m (strong, genitive Kernes or Kerns, plural Kerne)

  1. (also mathematics) kernel
  2. grain
  3. core, nucleus
  4. (physics, chemistry) nucleus
  5. pit, pip, stone (of a fruit)

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Kern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Kern” in Duden online
  • Kern on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Syllabification: Kern

Noun

Kern m (plural Kerne, diminutive Kernche)

  1. pippin, stone

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kern]

Proper noun

Kern m pers (female equivalent Kernová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kern
(pattern chlap)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeKernKernoviaKernovci
genitiveKernaKernovKernovcov
dativeKernoviKernomKernovcom
accusativeKernaKernovKernovcov
locativeKernoviKernochKernovcoch
instrumentalKernomKernmiKernovcami

Further reading

  • Kern”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛ́ːrn/

Proper noun

Kȇrn m anim

  1. a surname