Polyglot Dictionary

Harn

/haʁn/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. urine

    • Der Harn wurde untersucht.

      The urine was tested.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

urin

Harn and Urin are close synonyms for "urine"; Harn is the more clinical, older German term, still used in words like "Harnwegsinfekt," urinary tract infection, Urin the standard modern term.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

orina

orina is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "urine."

Portuguese

urina

urina is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "urine."

Practice

1 What does Harn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ wurde untersucht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Harn?

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