koren

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Cornish

Noun

koren f

  1. singulative of kor (wax)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ko‧ren
  • Rhymes: -oːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch koren, corn, from Old Dutch korn, coren, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Compare Low German Koorn, German Korn, English corn, Danish korn. Doublet of graan.

Alternative forms

Noun

koren n (uncountable)

  1. (edible) grain; corn (any cereal)
    Het veld stond vol met rijpe aren vol met koren.
    The field was filled with ripe ears full of grain.
    Koren is een belangrijke voedselbron voor mens en dier.
    Grain is an important food source for humans and animals.
    In de herfst wordt het koren geoogst.
    In the autumn, the grain is harvested.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: koring
  • Negerhollands: koorn
  • Sranan Tongo: karu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch coren.

Verb

koren

  1. (intransitive, dated, dialectal) to be sick, to have a tendency to vomit; to vomit
Conjugation
Conjugation of koren (weak)
infinitive koren
past singular koorde
past participle gekoord
infinitive koren
gerund koren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular koor koorde
2nd person sing. (jij) koort, koor2 koorde
2nd person sing. (u) koort koorde
2nd person sing. (gij) koort koorde
3rd person singular koort koorde
plural koren koorden
subjunctive sing.1 kore koorde
subjunctive plur.1 koren koorden
imperative sing. koor
imperative plur.1 koort
participles korend gekoord
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

koren

  1. plural of koor

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Verb

koren

  1. first/third-person plural preterite of kiesen
  2. first/third-person plural preterite of küren

Middle English

Noun

koren

  1. Alternative form of corn (grain)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kory.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôreːn/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ren

Noun

kȍrēn m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ре̄н)

  1. root
  2. root, source, origin
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

koren (Cyrillic spelling корен)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of koriti

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kory.

Pronunciation

Noun

korẹ̑n m inan

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. root, source, origin

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. korén
gen. sing. koréna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
korén koréna koréni
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
koréna korénov korénov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
korénu korénoma korénom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
korén koréna koréne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
korénu korénih korénih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
korénom korénoma koréni

Derived terms

Further reading

  • koren”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • koren”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Swedish

Noun

koren

  1. definite plural of kor

Anagrams