Kern
See also: kern
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Keirn
Etymology
The unincorporated community in Missouri is named after Robert Kern. The Kern River is named after Edward Kern.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɝn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːn/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Proper noun
Kern
- A surname.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Macon County, Missouri, United States
- the Kern River in California, USA
Derived terms
- Kern County
Anagrams
- Renk, nerk
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)
- (also mathematics) kernel
- grain
- core, nucleus
- (physics, chemistry) nucleus
- pit, pip, stone (of a fruit)
Declension
Declension of Kern [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Kern | die | Kerne |
| genitive | eines | des | Kernes, Kerns | der | Kerne |
| dative | einem | dem | Kern, Kerne1 | den | Kernen |
| accusative | einen | den | Kern | die | Kerne |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Related terms
- Apfelkern
- Atomkern
- des Pudels Kern
- Eisenkern
- Erdkern
- Glättungskern
- Grünkern
- Holzkern
- Integralkern
- Kernbaustein
- Kernbindungsenergie
- Kernbrennstoff
- Kernenergie
- Kernfamilie
- Kernfusion
- Kernfusionsanlage
- Kernfusionsreaktor
- Kerngehäuse
- Kernholz
- kernig
- Kernikterus
- Kernisomer
- Kernkraft
- Kernkraftwerk
- kernlos
- Kernphysik
- Kernpunkt
- Kernreaktion
- Kernreaktor
- Kernreaktorunfall
- Kernresonanz
- Kernresonanzspektroskopie
- Kernschmelze
- Kernspaltung
- Kernspintomogramm
- Kernspintomograph
- Kernspintomographie
- Kernstück
- Kerntechnik
- Kernthema
- Kernverschmelzung
- Kernwaffe
- Kernwaffentest
- Kernwaffenversuch
- Kirschkern
- Obstkern
- Pflaumenkern
- Traubenkern
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): /kʰɛn/
Noun
Kern m (plural Kerne, diminutive Kernche)
- pippin, stone
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ́ːrn/
Proper noun
Kȇrn m anim
- a surname