Ferne

== German == === Etymology === From fern. Compare Low German Feren, dative, as in in sikerer Feren and in rhyme to Steren (pl.). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛʁnə/ === Noun === Ferne f (genitive Ferne, plural Fernen) distance 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13: (in the plural) distant lands future, past ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Ferne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Ferne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Ferne” in Duden online