Gerstenkorn

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Etymology

Gerste +‎ -n- +‎ Korn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛʁstn̩ˌkɔʁn/
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Noun

Gerstenkorn n (strong, genitive Gerstenkornes or Gerstenkorns, plural Gerstenkörner)

  1. (agriculture) barleycorn
  2. (medicine) stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 281:
      Unter ihrer Schwesternhaube kam spärliches rötliches Haar hervor, ihre wasserblauen, entzündeten Augen, an deren einem zum Überfluß ein in der Entwicklung sehr weit vorgeschrittenes Gerstenkorn saß, waren unsteten Blicks, die Nase aufgeworfen, der Mund froschmäßig, außerdem mit schief vorstehender Unterlippe, die sie beim Sprechen schaufelnd bewegte.
      Scanty reddish hair protruded from under her nurse's hood, her water-blue, inflamed eyes, on one of which was a stye as an encore, which was very advanced in development, had an unsteady look, her nose upturned, her mouth frog-like, and her lower lip protruding crookedly shoveled while speaking.

Declension

Declension of Gerstenkorn
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gerstenkorn die Gerstenkörner
genitive eines des Gerstenkornes, Gerstenkorns der Gerstenkörner
dative einem dem Gerstenkorn, Gerstenkorne1 den Gerstenkörnern
accusative ein das Gerstenkorn die Gerstenkörner

1Now rare, see notes.

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