koren

koren f

1. singulative of kor (“wax”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ren
• Rhymes: -oːrən

From Middle Dutch koren, corn, from Old Dutch korn, coren, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Compare Low German Koorn, German Korn, English corn, Danish korn. Doublet of graan.

• koorn (archaic)

koren n (uncountable)

1. (edible) grain; corn (any cereal)

   Het veld stond vol met rijpe aren vol met koren.

   The field was filled with ripe ears full of grain.

   Koren is een belangrijke voedselbron voor mens en dier.

   Grain is an important food source for humans and animals.

   In de herfst wordt het koren geoogst.

   In the autumn, the grain is harvested.

• Afrikaans: koring
• Negerhollands: koorn
• → Sranan Tongo: karu
  • → Saramaccan: kálu

From Middle Dutch coren.

koren

1. (intransitive, dated, dialectal) to be sick, to have a tendency to vomit; to vomit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

koren

1. plural of koor

• krone, roken

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koren

1. first/third-person plural preterite of kiesen
2. first/third-person plural preterite of küren

koren

1. alternative form of corn (“grain”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kory.

• kȍrijēn (Ijekavian)

• IPA^(key): /kôreːn/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ren

kȍrēn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ре̄н)

1. root
2. root, source, origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

koren (Cyrillic spelling корен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of koriti

From Proto-Slavic *kory.

• IPA^(key): /kɔréːn/

korẹ̑n m inan

1. root (of a plant)
2. root, source, origin

• korênje, korénje

• “koren”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “koren”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

koren

1. definite plural of kor

• koner