koren

See also: Appendix:Variations of "koren"

Cornish

Noun

koren f sg (plural korennow)

1. singulative of kor (“wax”)
2. cake of wax

Mutation

Mutation of koren

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
koren	goren	horen	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.rə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ren
• Rhymes: -oːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch koren, corn, from Old Dutch korn, coren, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Compare Low German Koorn, German Korn, English corn, Danish korn. Doublet of graan.

Alternative forms

• koorn (archaic)

Noun

koren n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (edible) grain; corn (any cereal)

   Het veld stond vol met rijpe aren vol met koren.

   The field was filled with ripe ears full of grain.

   Koren is een belangrijke voedselbron voor mens en dier.

   Grain is an important food source for humans and animals.

   In de herfst wordt het koren geoogst.

   In the autumn, the grain is harvested.

Derived terms

• het kaf van het koren scheiden
• korenaar
• korenbloem
• korenveld
• negerkoren
• volkoren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: koring
• Negerhollands: koorn
• → Sranan Tongo: karu
  • → Saramaccan: kálu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch coren.

Verb

koren

1. (intransitive, dated, dialectal) to be sick, to have a tendency to vomit; to vomit

Conjugation

Conjugation of koren (weak)
infinitive	koren
past singular	koorde
past participle	gekoord
infinitive	koren
gerund	koren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	koor	koorde
2nd person sing. (jij)	koort, koor2	koorde
2nd person sing. (u)	koort	koorde
2nd person sing. (gij)	koort	koorde
3rd person singular	koort	koorde
plural	koren	koorden
subjunctive sing.1	kore	koorde
subjunctive plur.1	koren	koorden
imperative sing.	koor
imperative plur.1	koort
participles	korend	gekoord
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

koren

1. plural of koor

Anagrams

• krone, roken

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

koren

1. first/third-person plural preterite of kiesen
2. first/third-person plural preterite of küren

Middle English

Noun

koren

1. alternative form of corn (“grain”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kory.

Alternative forms

• kȍrijēn (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôreːn/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ren

Noun

kȍrēn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ре̄н) (Ekavian)

1. root
2. root, source, origin

Declension

Declension of koren

	singular	plural
nominative	kȍrēn	kȍrēni
genitive	kȍrēna	korénā
dative	kȍrēnu	korénima
accusative	kȍrēn	kȍrēne
vocative	kȍrēne	kȍrēni
locative	korénu	korénima
instrumental	kȍrēnom	korénima

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

koren (Cyrillic spelling корен)

1. passive past participle of koriti

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kory. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔréːn/

Noun

korẹ̑n m inan

1. root (of a plant)
2. root, source, origin

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	korén
gen. sing.	koréna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	korén	koréna	koréni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	koréna	korénov	korénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	korénu	korénoma	korénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	korén	koréna	koréne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	korénu	korénih	korénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	korénom	korénoma	koréni

Derived terms

• korênje, korénje

Further reading

• “koren”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “koren”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Noun

koren

1. definite plural of kor

Anagrams

• koner