Kern

See also: kern

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

The unincorporated community in Missouri is named after Robert Kern. The Kern River is named after Edward Kern.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kern

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A river in California, United States.

Derived terms

Anagrams

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 (Germany):(file)
  • Homophone: kehren (one pronunciation)

Noun

Kern m (strong, genitive Kernes or Kerns, plural Kerne)

  1. (also mathematics) kernel
  2. grain
  3. core, nucleus
  4. (physics, chemistry) nucleus
  5. pit, pip, stone (of a fruit)

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

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): /ˈkʰɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Syllabification: Kern

Noun

Kern m (plural Kerne, diminutive Kernche)

  1. pippin, stone

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kern]

Proper noun

Kern m pers (female equivalent Kernová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kern
(pattern chlap)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeKernKernoviaKernovci
genitiveKernaKernovKernovcov
dativeKernoviKernomKernovcom
accusativeKernaKernovKernovcov
locativeKernoviKernochKernovcoch
instrumentalKernomKernmiKernovcami

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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛ́ːrn/

Proper noun

Kȇrn m anim

  1. a surname