UrsprungFrom Old Swedish kiærne, from Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”). Cognate with Icelandic kjarni, German Kern, Dutch kern, Luxembourgish Kär.
- common-gendera seed, a pip (small, hard seed)
“Det är kärnor i mitt röda äpple” — There are seeds in my red apple
- common-gendera pit, a stone (in a drupe, avocado, or the like)
“Min avokado har en stor kärna” — My avocado has a large pit
“Kärna ur oliverna” — Remove the pits/stones from the olives / Pit/stone the olives
- common-gendera kernel (edible seed)
“nötens ätliga kärna” — the edible kernel of the nut
- common-gendera kernel, a nucleus, a core (central or most important part)
“jordens kärna” — the core of the Earth
“kärnan i resonemanget” — the core/essence of the argument
- common-gendera kernel (operating system kernel)
- common-gendera churn (a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter)
- to churn
“kärna smör” — churn butter
Formerkärna(indefinite, nominative, singular) · kärnas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · kärnan(definite, nominative, singular) · kärnans(definite, genitive, singular) · kärnor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · kärnors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · kärnorna(definite, nominative, plural) · kärnornas(definite, genitive, plural) · kärnar(present) · kärnade(preterite) · kärnat(supine) · kärna(imperative) · kärna(active, infinitive) · kärnas(infinitive, passive) · kärnat(active, supine) · kärnats(passive, supine) · kärna(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kärnen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)