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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn.
Noun
garn (uncountable)
- (obsolete) yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)
Etymology 2
From go on.
Interjection
garn
- (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:mrs pearce. […] But you dont know anything about her. What about her parents? She may be married. / liza. Garn! / higgins. There! As the girl very properly says, Garn! Married indeed! Dont you know that a woman of that class looks a worn out drudge of fifty a year after shes married?
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)
- garn, yarn
- thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Inflection
Noun
garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)
- twine (strong thread)
- net (used for catching fish)
Inflection
See also
East Central German
Etymology
Compare German gerne.
Adverb
garn
- (Erzgebirgisch) gladly
- (Erzgebirgisch) willingly
- (Erzgebirgisch) be likely to
References
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)
- yarn
Declension
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse garn, both from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of yarn.
Pronunciation
Noun
garn (uncountable)
- Yarn; a length of fibre used to weave.
- Synonym: yarn
Descendants
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)
- (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
- a net (fishing)
References
- “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)
- (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
- a net (fishing)
References
- “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *garną, whence also Old English ġearn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Noun
garn n
- yarn
Descendants
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.
Adverb
garn
- gladly
- willingly
- be likely to
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garn n
- yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting
Declension
Noun
garn n
- a fishing net
- Synonym: fisknät
snärja någon i sitt garn- ensnare someone in one's net (figurative, idiomatic)
Declension
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