Polyglot Dictionary

Kern

/kɛʁn/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Kerne

Meaning

  1. core, kernel, seed (also figurative: the core of a matter)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Essenz

Essenz is the essence of something, often abstract and philosophical; Kern is the core or kernel, used just as often concretely (a seed) as figuratively (the core of an issue).

Similar in other languages

English

kernel

kernel is the English word for the same thing — both mean "core, kernel, seed."

English

substance

Close, figuratively — the core, kernel relates to substance.

Practice

1 What does Kern mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Apfel hatte einen faulen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kern?

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