kjerne
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”), of *kurną (“corn, grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”), possibly of *ǵr̥h₂-nós (“matured, grown old”), of both *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”) and *-nóm (creates verbal adjectives from roots.).
Cognate with Danish kerne, Swedish kärna, German Kern, Dutch kern, Faroese kjarni and Icelandic kjarni.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈçæːɳə/, /ˈçæːʁnə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -æːɳə, -æːʁnə, -æːrnə
- Hyphenation: kjer‧ne
- Homophone: kjerne-
Noun
[edit]kjerne m (definite singular kjernen, indefinite plural kjerner, definite plural kjernene)
- (botany) a core (the central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds)
- 1928, Henrik Ibsen, Samlede verker V, page 414:
- hvem planter kjærner for at høste frugt, naar der er ungtræer nok
- who plants seeds to reap fruit when there are enough young trees
- 2010, Gunn Helene Arsky, Spis deg ung:
- det finnes mange ulike vannmeloner – noen har kjerner i seg, andre er kjernefrie
- There are many different watermelons - some have seeds in them, others are seedless
- sette kjerne ― to plant; develop
- (figuratively) a center or core (innermost part of something)
- 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 224:
- det var en ustyrtelig mængde lag [i løken]! Kommer ikke kærnen snart for en dag?
- it was an unstoppable amount of layers [in the onion]! Isn't the core coming soon for a day?
- (cytology) a cell nucleus, nucleus (large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material)
- (neuroatanomy) a nucleus (cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs)
- (astronomy) a nucleus (innermost and brightest part of a comet)
- (chemistry, physics) an atomic nucleus (a nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud)
- 1943, Carl Fredrik Holmboe, Michael Faraday, page 168:
- vannstoffet H [har] en kjerne med en positiv enhetsladning
- X
- Synonym: atomkjerne
- (botany) heartwood (the wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch)
- a core (the interior of a workpiece or tool, especially when it is of a different material than the rest)
- 1930, Tidens Tegn, page 15:
- kabelen har ikke mindre enn 20 kjerner
- the cable has no less than 20 cores
- (engineering) a core (the portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting)
- (gems) a mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)
- 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 403:
- see kun, hvor de lyse kjerner blinke fra hver perle frem
- see only where the bright mother-of-pearls flash from each bead forward
- Synonym: perlemor
- a core (the innermost non-luminous part of a flame)
- a hard soap or curd soap (a kind of soap, with a hard texture and common salt added to the liquid soap mass)
- Synonym: kjernesåpe
- (figuratively) a core or essence (the most important part of a thing)
- 1933, Nationen, page 3:
- de har begge søkt å hugge verket op innenfra, helt fra kjernen av
- they have both sought to carve the work from within, from the very core
- 1943, Stein Ståle, Åndemasken, page 44:
- danne en kjerne av et universelt brorskap, uten hensyn til rase, trosbekjennelse, kjønn, eller samfundsstilling
- form the core of a universal brotherhood, regardless of race, creed, gender, or social status
- 1998, Kjetil Rolness, Elvis Presley, page 86:
- kjernen i den amerikanske likhetstanken: Intet menneske er bedre enn meg
- the core of the American idea of equality: No human being is better than me
- a core or spirit (the soul of a person or other creature)
- 1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 108:
- jeg aned det, som er livets kerne
- I guessed it, which is the core of life
- 1914, Sigrid Undset, Vaaren, page 242:
- der er nu allikevel en kjerne av noget egte hos Mary
- there is now, however, a core of something real in Mary
- (chiefly in compounds) a person being the backbone of a group, community or society
- 1908, Hans E. Kinck, Driftekaren, page 153:
- pollens staute kjerne
- pollen's proud core
- 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 43:
- familjen er jo dog samfundets kerne
- after all, the family is the backbone of society
- 1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 161:
- [den vranglære] at massen og mængden er folkets rette kerne
- [the heresy] that mass and quantity are the true core of the people
- 1927, Johan Bojer, Samlede verker I, page 75:
- var det bare til hvert valg, at bonden var landets kjerne?
- was it just for every election that the farmer was the backbone of the country?
- 2002, Cecilie Høigård, Gategallerier:
- den harde kjernen i graffitimiljøet
- the central core of the graffiti scene
- 2003, Sverre Knudsen, De aller nærmeste:
- bare den harde kjerne på cirka ti mann var igjen
- only the central core of about ten men was left
- den harde kjerne(n) ― most central people (in an organization)
- (music) a musical core (the central, most prevalent sound)
- 1931, Nationen, page 3:
- [stemmen er] ikke stor av volum, men med lys, fast, vakkert timbrert kjerne
- [the voice is] not large in volume, but with a light, firm, beautifully timbered core
- the actual content; a deeper meaning
- 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 104:
- al talens kærne [er] den: rejs bort!
- the core of all speech [is]: go away!
- 1930, Henrik Ibsen, Samlede verker XV, page 294:
- om dets [stykkets] egentlige kjærne kunde der være mangt og meget at sige
- there could be much and much to say about its real core
- 1999, Ketil Bjørnstad, Fall, page 73:
- fokusere på det vesentlige, sortere bort alt det overflødige, finne inn til sakens kjerne
- focus on the essentials, sort out all the superfluous, get to the heart of the matter
- sakens kjerne ― heart of the matter; quintessence
- (grammar) a head (a morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member)
- (phonetics, phonology) a nucleus (the central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel)
Derived terms
[edit]- appelsinkjerne
- atomkjerne
- benkjerne
- borkjerne
- brannkjerne
- bykjerne
- cellekjerne
- daddelkjerne
- dorullkjerne
- eplekjerne
- forkjerne
- frøemnekjerne
- frøhvitekjerne
- frøkjerne
- galaksekjerne
- guarkjernemel
- jernkjerne
- johannesbrødkjernemel
- johanneskjernemel
- kjernebelg
- kjernebelgvekst
- kjernebiter
- kjerneboring
- kjernebrensel
- kjernedeling
- kjernefag
- kjernefamilie
- kjernefrisk
- kjernefrukt
- kjernefull
- kjernehus
- kjernejournal
- kjernekar
- kjernelandskap
- kjerneledd
- kjernelegeme
- kjernelær
- kjerneløs
- kjernemembran
- kjernemuskulatur
- kjernenorsk
- kjerneområde
- kjernepensum
- kjerneprøve
- kjernepunkt
- kjerneråte
- kjernesak
- kjerneskygge
- kjernesopp
- kjernespissmunnstykke
- kjernespråk
- kjernespørsmål
- kjernesunn
- kjernesvar
- kjernesyre
- kjernesåpe
- kjernetak
- kjernetanke
- kjernetid
- kjernetropp
- kjerneved
- kjernevekst
- kjernevelger
- kjerneverdi
- kjernevirksomhet
- kjerneøks
- transformatorkjerne
Related terms
[edit]- kjerne- (“nuclear-, atom-”)
Noun
[edit]kjerne f or m (definite singular kjerna or kjernen, indefinite plural kjerner, definite plural kjernene)
- a churn (a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter)
- 1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 50:
- [han] fandt saa meget fløde, at han fik kjærnen fuld
- [he] found so much cream that he got the churn full
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From the noun kjerne (“core, nucleus”), from Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”), of *kurną (“corn, grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”), possibly of *ǵr̥h₂-nós (“matured, grown old”), of both *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”) and *-nóm (creates verbal adjectives from roots.).
Cognate with Danish kærne (“to churn”).
Verb
[edit]kjerne (passive kjernes, imperative kjern, present tense kjerner, simple past and past participle kjerna or kjernet, present participle kjernende, verbal noun kjerning)
- (transitive) to churn (to agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion, specifically to create butter)
- kjerne smør ― to churn butter
- 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 197:
- ysting og kjærning
- cheese making and churning
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “kjerne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “kjerne_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kjerne_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kjerne_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kjerne” in Store norske leksikon
- “kjerne (syntaks)” in Store norske leksikon
- “kjerne (redskap)” in Store norske leksikon
- “kjerne (matematikk)” in Store norske leksikon
- “kjerne (botanikk)” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kjerne m (definite singular kjernen, indefinite plural kjernar, definite plural kjernane)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “kjerne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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