# korn
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Related to kerne (“kernel, core”), from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“kernel, core”). Possibly also related to kærne (“(butter) churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”) (see that entry for more).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /korn/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀn]
* (Hardsysselsk) IPA: [kʰokwɐ]

### Noun

korn n (singular definite kornet, plural indefinite korn)
* corn, cereal
* grain (e.g. sandkorn (“grain of sand”))

#### Further reading

* “korn” in Den Danske Ordbog
* korn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔtn/

### Noun

korn n (genitive singular korns, plural korn)
* corn, grain, cereal(s)
* seed (e.g. sinnopskorn; mustard seed)
* grain (e.g. sandkorn; grain of sand)

#### Hyponyms

* árskorn, aðalkorn, byggkorn, blóðkorn, frækorn, fullkorn, gásakorn, grønakorn, gullkorn, havrakorn, hveitikorn, lættiskorn, maiskorn, piparkorn, rugkorn, sandkorn, sáðkorn, sinnopskorn, vetiskorn

### Further reading

* "korn" at Sprotin.fo

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰɔ(r̥)ʔn̥/
* Rhymes: -ɔʔn̥

### Noun

korn n (genitive singular korns, nominative plural korn)
* corn
* grain (e.g. sandkorn; grain of sand)

#### Derived terms

* frjókorn
* snjókorn

## Middle English
### Noun

korn
* Alternative form of corn (“grain”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

### Noun

korn n (definite singular kornet, indefinite plural korn, definite plural korna or kornene)
* grain (cereal)
* a grain (small particle)

#### Derived terms

* kornfarget
* kornsilo
* maiskorn
* sandkorn

### References

* “korn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* kørn, kønn, kødn, karn, kunn (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Akin to English corn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /korn/, /konː/
* (South West) IPA: /kodn/, [kʰɞ̞dn]
* (North West, northern dialects) IPA: /koɲː/, [kʰɞ̞ɲː]
* Hyphenation: kòrn

### Noun

korn n (definite singular kornet, indefinite plural korn, definite plural korna)
* (uncountable) grain (cereal)
* (countable) a grain (small particle)

#### Derived terms

* kornsilo
* maiskorn
* sandkorn

### References

* “korn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* kron

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

### Noun

korn n
* corn
* grain

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: korn
* Faroese: korn
* Norn: korn
* Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) korn, kørn
* Norwegian Bokmål: korn
* Old Swedish: korn
** Swedish: korn
* Danish: korn

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “korn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English corn. Compare Kashubian kòrné

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔrn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrn
* Syllabification: korn

### Noun

korn m inan
* (Texas) corn
    Synonym: kukurzica

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰuːɳ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

korn n
* a grain (single seed of grass food crops)
    Synonym: sädeskorn
    vetekorngrain of wheat
    rågkorngrain of rye
    riskorngrain of rice
** a kernel (of corn or wheat)
    majskorncorn kernel
* a grain (of some other seeds)
    senapskorngrain of mustard seed
* (by extension) a small, rounded particle; a grain, a speck, etc.
    sandkorngrain of sand
    gruskornpiece of gravel
    dammkornspeck of dust
* barley, the genus Hordeum
    Vi odlar korn och havreWe grow barley and oats
* a bead (front sight of a gun)
* (figuratively, in some expressions) sights
** (in "få/ha korn på" (get/have bead on)) to get/have in one's sights ((become aware of and) target, in some sense)
    Polisen hade fått korn på en misstänkt bil via en övervakningskameraThe police had picked up on (gotten in their sights, "gotten bead on") a suspicious car via a surveillance camera
    Klubben har fått korn på en ny tomtThe club has a new plot of land in their sights
** (in "på kornet" (on the bead)) spot on, perfectly (of a portrayal or the like)
    Filmen fångar tidsperioden på kornetThe movie captures the time period spot on
* Short for väderkorn (“scent, nose”).
* (weight of the) alloy (precious metal) in a (gold or silver) coin
    Synonym: finvikt

#### Usage notes

* Grain in the collective sense is säd.
* For referring to types of grain (cereals), see sädesslag.
* The general word for seed is frö.
* A scent metaphor might sometimes be intended instead in (sense 6.1) (compare (sense 7)), though it often makes little difference.

#### Derived terms

* dammkorn
* gruskorn
* majskorn
* riskorn
* rågkorn
* sandkorn
* vetekorn
* väderkorn

#### Related terms

* kornig

#### See also

* av samma skrot och korn
* gryn (“hulled grain”)

### References

* korn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* korn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* korn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)