See grin.
gern (third-person singular simple present gerns, present participle gerning, simple past and past participle gerned)
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.
gern (comparative lieber, superlative am liebsten)
Inherited from Central Franconian gään, from Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô.[1]
Cognate with German gern and Luxembourgish gär.
gern
From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence also Old English ġeorn.
gern
From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ġeorn.
gern (comparative gernoro, superlative gernost)
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gern | gerne | gern | gerne | gern | gernu |
accusative | gernana | gerne | gern | gerne | gerna | gernu |
genitive | gernes | gernarō | gernes | gernarō | gernaro | gernarō |
dative | gernumu | gernum | gernumu | gernum | gernaro | gernum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gerno | gernu | gerna | gernu | gerna | gernu |
accusative | gernun | gernun | gerna | gernun | gernun | gernun |
genitive | gernun | gernonō | gernun | gernonō | gernun | gernonō |
dative | gernun | gernum | gernun | gernum | gernun | gernum |
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gernoro | gernoru | gernora | gernoru | gernora | gernoru |
accusative | gernorun | gernorun | gernora | gernorun | gernorun | gernorun |
genitive | gernorun | gernoronō | gernorun | gernoronō | gernorun | gernoronō |
dative | gernorun | gernorum | gernorun | gernorum | gernorun | gernorum |
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gernost | gernoste | gernost | gernoste | gernost | gernostu |
accusative | gernostana | gernoste | gernost | gernoste | gernosta | gernostu |
genitive | gernostes | gernostarō | gernostes | gernostarō | gernostaro | gernostarō |
dative | gernostumu | gernostum | gernostumu | gernostum | gernostaro | gernostum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gernosto | gernostu | gernosta | gernostu | gernosta | gernostu |
accusative | gernostun | gernostun | gernosta | gernostun | gernostun | gernostun |
genitive | gernostun | gernostonō | gernostun | gernostonō | gernostun | gernostonō |
dative | gernostun | gernostum | gernostun | gernostum | gernostun | gernostum |
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