agern

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish akærn, from Old Norse akarn (“acorn”), from Proto-Germanic *akraną, cognate with English acorn, German Ecker (archaic), Dutch aker (archaic), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˀɣərn/, [ˈæˀjɐn], [ˈæˀɐn]

Noun

agern n (singular definite agernet, plural indefinite agern)

1. (botany) acorn (fruit of the oak tree)

   Coordinate terms: bog, olden

2. (anatomy, rare) glans penis

   Synonyms: glans, pikhoved

Declension

Declension of agern

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agern	agernet	agern	agernene
genitive	agerns	agernets	agerns	agernenes

Further reading

• “agern” in Den Danske Ordbog
• agern on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da