garn

See also: Garn

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n

Etymology 1

From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn. Doublet of yarn.

Noun

garn (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)

Etymology 2

From go on.

Interjection

garn

1. (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
   • 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:

     mrs pearce. […] But you dont know anything about her. What about her parents? She may be married. / liza. Garn! / higgins. There! As the girl very properly says, Garn! Married indeed! Dont you know that a woman of that class looks a worn out drudge of fifty a year after shes married?

Anagrams

• ARNG, Gran, NARG, gRNA, gnar, gran, grna, narg, rang

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/, [ɡ̊ɑːˀn]

Noun

garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)

1. garn, yarn
2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

Inflection

Declension of garn

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	garn	garnet	garner	garnerne
genitive	garns	garnets	garners	garnernes

Noun

garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)

1. twine (strong thread)
2. net (used for catching fish)

Inflection

Declension of garn

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	garn	garnet	garn	garnene
genitive	garns	garnets	garns	garnenes

See also

• garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German gerne.

Adverb

garn

1. (Erzgebirgisch) gladly
2. (Erzgebirgisch) willingly
3. (Erzgebirgisch) be likely to

References

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/
• Rhymes: -artn
• Rhymes: -atn

Noun

garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)

1. yarn

Declension

Declension of garn (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	garn	garnið
accusative	garn	garnið
dative	garni	garninu
genitive	garns	garnsins

Middle English

Alternative forms

• garne

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse garn, both from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of yarn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/

Noun

garn (uncountable)

1. Yarn; a length of fibre used to weave.

   Synonym: yarn

Descendants

• English: garn (obsolete)

References

• “garn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɳ

Noun

garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. clipping of fiskegarn

References

• “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/, /ɡaʁn/, /ɡaɳ/

Noun

garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. clipping of fiskegarn

References

• “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garn, see also Old English ġearn, Old Norse garn.

Noun

garn n

1. yarn

Descendants

• Middle High German: garn
  • Cimbrian: gaarn, ghèrn
  • German: Garn
  • Luxembourgish: Gar

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.

Adverb

garn

1. gladly
2. willingly
3. be likely to

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

(fishnet): Compare Danish and Norwegian garn (“yarn, fishnet”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

garn n

1. yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting
   • 1969, Lasse Berghagen, “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the Teddy Bear]”‎^[2]:

     Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.

     Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name. Once he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose [it – redundant] was made of yarn [was of yarn]. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.

Declension

Declension of garn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	garn	garns
	definite	garnet	garnets
plural	indefinite	garner	garners
	definite	garnerna	garnernas

Noun

garn n

1. a fishing net

   Synonym: fisknät

   snärja någon i sitt garn

   ensnare someone in one's net (figurative, idiomatic)

Declension

Declension of garn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	garn	garns
	definite	garnet	garnets
plural	indefinite	garn	garns
	definite	garnen	garnens

Related terms

• bomullsgarn
• garnnystan
• kamgarn
• nylongarn
• redgarn
• ullgarn

References

• garn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• garn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• garn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gran, rang