agern
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish akærn, from Old Norse akarn (“acorn”), from Proto-Germanic *akraną, cognate with English acorn, German Ecker (archaic), Dutch aker (archaic), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agern n (singular definite agernet, plural indefinite agern)
- (botany) acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
- (anatomy, rare) glans penis
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | agern | agernet | agern | agernene |
| genitive | agerns | agernets | agerns | agernenes |
Further reading
- “agern” in Den Danske Ordbog
agern on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
