Kern

Alternative forms

• (surname): Keirn

Etymology

The unincorporated community in Missouri is named after Robert Kern. The Kern River is named after Edward Kern.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Proper noun

Kern

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States
3. the Kern River in California, USA

Anagrams

• Renk, nerk

Etymology

From Middle High German kerne, kern, from Old High German kerno, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛrn/, [kɛʁn], [kɛɐ̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɛʁn

• Audio:

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• Homophone: kehren (one pronunciation)

Noun

Kern m (strong, genitive Kernes or Kerns, plural Kerne)

1. (also mathematics) kernel
2. grain
3. core, nucleus
4. (physics, chemistry) nucleus
5. pit, pip, stone (of a fruit)

Further reading

• “Kern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Kern” in Duden online
• Kern on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛn/

Noun

Kern m (plural Kerne, diminutive Kernche)

1. pippin, stone

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kern]

Proper noun

Kern m pers (female equivalent Kernová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Kern”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́ːrn/

Proper noun

Kȇrn m anim

1. a surname