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kjerne.

a core, pit, seed (the central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈçæːrnə/[ˈçæːɳə][ˈçæːʁnə]
  1. a core, pit, seed (the central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds)

    masculine
    sette kjerne
  2. a center or core (innermost part of something)

    figuratively · masculine
  3. a center or core (innermost part of something) a cell nucleus, nucleus (large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material)

    figuratively · masculine
  4. a center or core (innermost part of something) a cell nucleus, nucleus (large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material) a nucleus (cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs)

    figuratively · masculine
  5. a center or core (innermost part of something) a nucleus (innermost and brightest part of a comet)

    figuratively · masculine
  6. a center or core (innermost part of something) an atomic nucleus (a nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud)

    figuratively · masculine
  7. a center or core (innermost part of something) heartwood (the wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch)

    figuratively · masculine
  8. a center or core (innermost part of something) a core (the interior of a workpiece or tool, especially when it is of a different material than the rest)

    figuratively · masculine
  9. a center or core (innermost part of something) a core (the interior of a workpiece or tool, especially when it is of a different material than the rest) a core (the portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting)

    figuratively · masculine
  10. a center or core (innermost part of something) a mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)

    figuratively · masculine
  11. a center or core (innermost part of something) a core (the innermost non-luminous part of a flame)

    figuratively · masculine
  12. a center or core (innermost part of something) a hard soap or curd soap (a kind of soap, with a hard texture and common salt added to the liquid soap mass)

    figuratively · masculine
  13. a core or essence (the most important part of a thing)

    figuratively · masculine
    sakens kjerne
  14. a core or essence (the most important part of a thing) a core or spirit (the soul of a person or other creature)

    figuratively · masculine
  15. a core or essence (the most important part of a thing) a person being the backbone of a group, community or society

    figuratively · in-compounds · masculine
    den harde kjerne(n)
  16. a core or essence (the most important part of a thing) a musical core (the central, most prevalent sound)

    figuratively · masculine
  17. a core or essence (the most important part of a thing) the actual content; a deeper meaning

    figuratively · masculine
  18. a head (a morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member)

    masculine
  19. a nucleus (the central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish kjerne, kjærne, older spelling of kerne (“core”), from Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”), which see.

noun
  1. a churn (a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish kjerne, kjærne, older spelling of kærne (“churn”), from Old Norse kirna, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ.

verb
  1. to churn (agitate rapidly and repetitively, or stir with a rowing or rocking motion, specifically to create butter)

    transitive
    kjerne smør
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish kjerne, kjærne, older spelling of kærne (“to churn”), from Old Norse kirna, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną, closely related with etymology 2 above.

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