# gern
## English
### Etymology

See grin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
* Homophone: gurn

### Verb

gern (third-person singular simple present gerns, present participle gerning, simple past and past participle gerned)
* (obsolete) To grin.
* (obsolete) To yawn.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13:[He] gaped like a gulfe, when he did gerne, / That whether man or monster one could scarse discerne

#### Derived terms

* intergern

### References

* “gern”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Eng'r, Engr, Gren., engr., gren

## German
### Alternative forms

* gerne (both forms are roughly equally frequent)

### Etymology

From Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô (“willingly, gladly”), an adverbial form of *gernaz (“eager, willing”). Akin to German Low German geren (Paderbornisch), Dutch gaarne, English yern, Swedish gärna, Danish gerne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛrn/, [ɡɛʁn], [ɡɛɐ̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɛʁn
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Adverb

gern (comparative lieber, superlative am liebsten)
* willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.
    Markus fährt gern Fahrrad.Markus enjoys biking.
* (only with mögen) much; a lot
    Dieses Lied mag ich gern.I like this song a lot.
* (chiefly informal) easily; often
    Mir wird gern mal schlecht im Auto.I easily feel sick in the car.
* Used to indicate a preference.
    Ich schlafe gern in meinem eigenen Bett.I prefer sleeping in my own bed.

#### Usage notes

* It's common to use gern(e), often with mögen in the subjunctive, to make requests more polite, regardless of frequency or enjoyment:
    Ich möchte dieses Kleid gerne anprobieren. ― I'd like to try on this dress please.

#### Derived terms

* gernhaben, gern haben
* gut und gern

### Further reading

* “gern” in Duden online
* “gern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian gään, from Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô.
Cognate with German gern and Luxembourgish gär.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛn/
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Hyphenation: gern

### Adverb

gern
* willingly; gladly

#### Usage notes

* When used with verbs, gern can have the same function of like in English, in the sense of "enjoying doing something": Ich schlofe gern ― I like sleeping.

#### Derived terms

* gern hon
* fer gern

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “gern”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 66

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* gerni

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence also Old English ġeorn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡern/

### Adjective

gern
* willing, eager

#### Derived terms

* gerno
* wīsigerno

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: gern, gerne

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ġeorn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɛrn/

### Adjective

gern (comparative gernoro, superlative gernost)
* eager

#### Declension
### Adverb

gern
* willingly
    Synonym: gerno