kärna

See also: karna and Karna

Swedish

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish kiærne, from Old Norse kjarni. Cognate with Icelandic kjarni, German Kern, Dutch kern, Luxembourgish Kär.

Noun

kärna c

1. a seed, a pip
2. a kernel, a nucleus, a core
3. a pit (of a cherry)

Declension

Declension of kärna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kärna	kärnan	kärnor	kärnorna
Genitive	kärnas	kärnans	kärnors	kärnornas

Related terms

• äppelkärna
• atomkärna
• kärnenergi
• kärnhus
• kärnkraft
• kärnvapen
• kärnved
• nötkärna
• smörkärna

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish kerna, from Old Norse kirna, from Proto-Germanic *kernǭ. Cognate with Icelandic kirna, English churn, German Karn, Dutch karn, West Frisian tsjerne.

Noun

kärna c

1. a churn

Declension

Declension of kärna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kärna	kärnan	kärnor	kärnorna
Genitive	kärnas	kärnans	kärnors	kärnornas

Verb

kärna (present kärnar, preterite kärnade, supine kärnat, imperative kärna)

1. to churn

Conjugation

Conjugation of kärna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kärna		kärnas
Supine	kärnat		kärnats
Imperative	kärna		—
Imper. plural1	kärnen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kärnar	kärnade	kärnas	kärnades
Ind. plural1	kärna	kärnade	kärnas	kärnades
Subjunctive2	kärne	kärnade	kärnes	kärnades
	Participles
Present participle	kärnande
Past participle	kärnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• kärnmjölk
• urkärna

Anagrams

• knäar, räkan, räkna