kærne

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰaɐ̯nə]
  • Homophone: kerne

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kirna, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ, cognate with Icelandic kirna, Swedish kärna, English churn, German Kirne, Karn (regional words). Related to Proto-Germanic *kernǭ in Icelandic kerna (“creme”), Middle Dutch kerne, German Kern (regional word) and the following verb. These words may be derived from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core”).

Noun

kærne c (singular definite kærnen, plural indefinite kærner)

  1. churn
Declension
Declension of kærne
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kærne kærnen kærner kærnerne
genitive kærnes kærnens kærners kærnernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse *kirna, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną, cognate with Icelandic kirna, Swedish kärna, English churn, German kirnen, Dutch karnen.

Verb

kærne (imperative kærn, infinitive at kærne, present tense kærner, past tense kærnede, perfect tense har kærnet)

  1. to churn
Inflection
Conjugation of kærne
active passive
present kærner kærnes
past kærnede kærnedes
infinitive kærne kærnes
imperative kærn —
participle
present kærnende
past kærnet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund kærnen
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