hjerne

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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Danish hiarnæ, hiærnæ, from Old Norse hjarni (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hersô (“brain”), genitive *herznaz,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). The same Germanic word is the source of Danish isse (“crown of head”), from Old Norse hjarsi, hjassi. A collective formation from this word is found in German Hirn, Gehirn, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /jɛrnə/, [ˈjæɐ̯nə]

Noun[edit]

hjerne c (singular definite hjernen, plural indefinite hjerner)

  1. brain (most senses)

Declension[edit]

Declension of hjerne
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjerne hjernen hjerner hjernerne
genitive hjernes hjernens hjerners hjernernes

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Derived terms

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden 2013), 221-22.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hjarni.

  • IPA(key): /ˈjæ̂ːɾnɛ/, [ˈjæ̂ːɳə]

Noun[edit]

hjerne m (definite singular hjernen, indefinite plural hjerner, definite plural hjernene)

  1. brain

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hjarni.

Noun[edit]

hjerne m (definite singular hjernen, indefinite plural hjernar, definite plural hjernane)

  1. brain

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