Kern
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(surname): Keirn
=== Etymology ===
The unincorporated community in Missouri is named after Robert Kern. The Kern River is named after Edward Kern.
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=== Pronunciation ===
(General American) IPA(key): /kɝn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːn/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
=== Proper noun ===
Kern
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
A river in California, United States.
==== 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
Homophone: kehren (one pronunciation)
=== Noun ===
Kern m (strong, genitive Kernes or Kerns, plural Kerne)
(also mathematics) kernel
grain
core, nucleus
im Kern ― fundamentally, in essence, at its core
(physics, chemistry) nucleus
pit, pip, stone (of a fruit)
==== Declension ====
==== Hyponyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
kernig
kernlos
Kerntasche
=== Further reading ===
“Kern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
“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)
pippin, stone
=== Further reading ===
Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kern”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kern/, [ˈkern]
Rhymes: -ern
=== Proper noun ===
Kern m pers (female equivalent Kernová)
a male surname
==== Declension ====
=== 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, 2003–2026
== Slovene ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kɛ́ːrn/
=== Proper noun ===
Kȇrn m anim
a surname
=== Further reading ===
“Kern”, in Statistični urad Republike Slovenije : Imena [Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Names] (in Slovene)