different between karn vs garn
karn
English
Etymology
From Cornish. Doublet of cairn.
Noun
karn (plural karns)
- (mining, dated) A pile of rocks.
Anagrams
- ARNK, knar, kran, nark, rank
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rn
Verb
karn
- first-person singular present indicative of karnen
- imperative of karnen
Anagrams
- rank
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garn
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English garne, from Old English ?earn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn.
Noun
garn (uncountable)
- (obsolete) yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)
Etymology 2
From go on.
Interjection
garn
- (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion:
- Mrs Pearce: […] She may be married.
- Liza: Garn!
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion:
Anagrams
- ARNG, NARG, gRNA, gnar, gran, grna, narg, rang
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?arn/, [?????n]
Noun
garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)
- garn, yarn
- thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- twine (strong thread)
- net (used for catching fish)
Inflection
Yarn, thread:
Net, twine:
See also
- garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kartn/
- Rhymes: -artn
- Rhymes: -atn
Noun
garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)
- yarn
Declension
Middle English
Noun
garn
- Alternative form of garne
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)
- (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
- a net (fishing)
References
- “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?arn/, /?a?n/ (examples of pronunciation)
Noun
garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)
- (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
- a net (fishing)
References
- “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *garn?, whence also Old English ?earn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).
Noun
garn n
- yarn
Descendants
- Middle High German: garn
- Cimbrian: gaarn, ghèrn
- German: Garn
- Luxembourgish: Gar
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.
Adverb
garn
- gladly
- willingly
- be likely to
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garn n
- yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting
Declension
Related terms
- bomullsgarn
- garnnystan
- kamgarn
- nylongarn
- redgarn
- ullgarn
Anagrams
- gran, rang
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