ahorn

See also: Ahorn

Danish

Etymology

From German Ahorn. May be a cognate of Latin acer.

Noun

ahorn c (singular definite ahornen, plural indefinite ahorn)

1. maple

Declension

Declension of ahorn

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ahorn	ahornen	ahorn	ahornene
genitive	ahorns	ahornens	ahorns	ahornenes

Synonyms

• ær
• valbirk

References

• “ahorn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ahorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈɦɔrn/

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• Hyphenation: ahorn

Noun

ahorn m (plural ahornen or ahorns, no diminutive)

1. maple, tree of the genus Acer

   Synonym: esdoorn

Derived terms

• ahornsiroop

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish ahorn. May be a cognate of Latin acer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahɔɻɳ/

Noun

ahorn n (genitive singular ahorns, uncountable)

1. maple
2. maple wood

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ahorn	ahornið
accusative	ahorn	ahornið
dative	ahorni	ahorninum
genitive	ahorns	ahornsins

Synonyms

• lynur
• ær

Old High German

Etymology

Said to be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), see also Ancient Greek ἄκαστος (ákastos, “maple”).

Noun

ahorn m

1. maple

Descendants

• Middle High German: ahorn
  • German: Ahorn
• → Proto-Slavic: *àvorъ (see there for further descendants)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “ahorn”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition