barn

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English[edit]

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A barn (farm building) in Lithuania

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn 'barn, granary', compound of bere 'barley' and ærn, ræn 'dwelling, barn', from Proto-Germanic *razną (cf. Old High German erin, Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- 'to rest'. More at rest and barley.

Noun[edit]

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Wikipedia barn (plural barns)

  1. (agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
  2. (nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  3. (informal, Canada, ice hockey) An arena.
    Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from "barn"
Translations[edit]
building
unit
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Verb[edit]

barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)

  1. (transitive) To lay up in a barn.
    • Shakespeare
      Men […] often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, prodigy”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). More at bairn.

Noun[edit]

barn (plural barns)

  1. (dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
dialect: child

Anagrams[edit]

Breton[edit]

Verb[edit]

barn

  1. to judge

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn (“child”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /barn/, [b̥ɑːˀn]

Noun[edit]

barn n (singular definite barnet, plural indefinite børn)

  1. child

Usage notes[edit]

In compounds: barn-, barne-, barns-, børne- or -barn (-barnet, -børn, -børnene).

Related terms[edit]

    Related terms

Inflection[edit]

    Inflection of barn
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative barn barnet børn børnene
genitive barns barnets børns børnenes

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰére-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive singular barns, plural børn)

  1. child

Declension[edit]

n5 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative barn barnið børn børnini
Accusative barn barnið børn børnini
Dative barni barninum børnum børnunum
Genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

barn

  1. See 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [ˈpartn], IPA: [ˈpatn] (colloquial), IPA: [ˈparn] (Southeast dialect)
  • Rhymes: -artn

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive singular barns, plural börn)

  1. a child

Declension[edit]

declension of barn
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnið börn börnin
accusative barn barnið börn börnin
dative barni barninu börnum börnunum
genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn.

Noun[edit]

barn n (definite singular barnet; indefinite plural barn; definite plural barna/barnene)

  1. child

References[edit]

  • “barn” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn.

Noun[edit]

barn n (definite singular barnet; indefinite plural barn/born; definite plural barna/borna)

  1. child

References[edit]

  • “barn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰére-.

Noun[edit]

barn n (genitive barn, plural bǫrn)

  1. child

Declension[edit]

    declension of barn
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative barn barnit bǫrn bǫrnin
Accusative barn barnit bǫrn bǫrnin
Dative barni barninu bǫrnum bǫrnunum
Genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *barną, whence also Old English barn, Old High German barn, Swedish barn.

Noun[edit]

barn n

  1. child

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse barn.

Noun[edit]

barn n

  1. child

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn (a-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnit barn barnin
accusative barn barnit barn barnin
dative barni barninom barnom barnomom
genitive barns barnsins barna barnanna

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Noun[edit]

barn m

  1. barn (unit)

Declension[edit]

    declension of barn
singular plural
nominative barn barny
genitive barnu barnów
dative barnowi barnom
accusative barn barny
instrumental barnem barnami
locative barnie barnach
vocative barnie barny

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish barn (“child”), from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną. Cognate with Danish, Icelandic, Old Saxon, Old High German barn. Cognate with Latvian bĕrns (child), Lithuanian bérnas (worker) and bernélis (child), a kind of participle to bära (to bear, to carry, as in childbirth).

Noun[edit]

barn n

  1. a child (a young person)
  2. (someone's) child, offspring (a son or daughter)
  3. a descendant (e.g. children of Abraham)
  4. a follower (e.g. God's children)
  5. (someone's) creation, invention
  6. (uncountable) barn; a unit of area in nuclear physics

Declension[edit]

Declension of barn
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative barn barnet barn barnen
genitive barns barnets barns barnens

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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