different between yern vs gern

English

Alternative forms

• yearn

Etymology

From Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), from Old English ?eorn (“eager”), from Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.

Cognate with Danish gerne (“gladly”), Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure, gladly”), German gern (“willingly, gladly”), Icelandic gjarn (“willing, keen, eager”), Icelandic gjarna (“willingly, readily, gladdly”), Swedish gärna (“willingly, gladly”). See also yearnful and yearnfully.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /j??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Homophone: yearn

Adjective

yern

1. (obsolete) Willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest.

   • But of her songe, it was so loude & erne
     As any swalowe syttynge on a berne

Adverb

yern

1. (obsolete) eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.
   • 1865, Frederick James Furnivall, A Royal Historie of the Excellent Knight Generides

     Who was so hardie and so stern? Tel me now, I pray you yern

   • c. 1515, unknown The Buke of the Sevyne Sagis

     All the people cried yern? God Master, now defend thy bairn.

   • 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Eneados

     The black swarm ower the fields walks yerne

Usage notes

For the adverb, the form yearnly can also be found, but is much rarer.

References

• yern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• The Dictionary of Early English
• A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• The Middle English Dictionary
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Verb

yern (third-person singular simple present yerns, present participle yerning, simple past and past participle yerned)

1. Obsolete form of yearn.

Anagrams

• NYer, Nery, reyn

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