different between gern vs gurn

English

Etymology

See grin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)n/
• Homophone: gurn

Verb

gern (third-person singular simple present gerns, present participle gerning, simple past and past participle gerned)

1. (obsolete) To grin.
2. (obsolete) To yawn.

Anagrams

• Eng'r, Engr, Gren., engr., gren

German

Alternative forms

• gerne (both forms are roughly equally frequent)

Etymology

From Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gern?, from Proto-Germanic *gernô (“willingly, gladly”), an adverbial form of *gernaz (“eager, willing”). Akin to German Low German geren (Paderbornisch), Dutch gaarne, English yern, Swedish gärna, Danish gerne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rn/, [???n], [????n]
• Rhymes: -??n

Adverb

gern (comparative lieber, superlative am liebsten)

1. willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy, etc.

2. (only with mögen) much; a lot

3. (chiefly informal) easily; often

Derived terms

• gernhaben
• gut und gern

Further reading

• “gern” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n/

Adverb

gern

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Derived terms

• gern hon
• fer gern

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Old High German

Alternative forms

• gerni

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence also Old English ?eorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ern/

Adjective

gern

1. willing, eager

Derived terms

• gerno

Descendants

• Middle High German: gern, gerne

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ?eorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rn/

Adjective

gern (comparative gernoro, superlative gernost)

1. eager

Declension

Adverb

gern

1. willingly

   Synonym: gerno

English

Alternative forms

• girn

Etymology

Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.

Noun

gurn (plural gurns)

1. (Britain) A distorted facial expression.

Translations

Verb

gurn (third-person singular simple present gurns, present participle gurning, simple past and past participle gurned)

1. (Britain) To make a grotesque or funny face.

Anagrams

• Rung, rung

Manx

Verb

gurn (verbal noun gurneil)

1. to direct, govern

Mutation

Woiwurrung

Noun

gurn

1. the front section of neck

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124