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Kern

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 Kern River on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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Kern

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States
  3. the Kern River in California, USA

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Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kerne, kern, from Old High German kerno, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (core, kernel).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɛrn/, [kɛʁn], [kɛɐ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁn
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: kehren (one pronunciation)

Noun

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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

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Noun

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Kern m (plural Kerne, diminutive Kernche)

  1. pippin, stone

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Slovak

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Proper noun

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Kern m pers (female equivalent Kernová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Kȇrn m anim

  1. a surname