Gerstenkorn
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛʁstn̩ˌkɔʁn/
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Noun
Gerstenkorn n (strong, genitive Gerstenkornes or Gerstenkorns, plural Gerstenkörner)
- barleycorn
- (medicine) stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 281:
- Unter ihrer Schwesternhaube kam spärliches rötliches Haar hervor, ihre wasserblauen, entzündeten Augen, an deren einem zum Überfluß ein in der Entwicklung sehr weit vorgeschrittenes Gerstenkorn saß, waren unsteten Blicks, die Nase aufgeworfen, der Mund froschmäßig, außerdem mit schief vorstehender Unterlippe, die sie beim Sprechen schaufelnd bewegte.
- Scanty reddish hair protruded from under her nurse's hood, her water-blue, inflamed eyes, on one of which was a stye as an encore, which was very advanced in development, had an unsteady look, her nose upturned, her mouth frog-like, and her lower lip protruding crookedly shoveled while speaking.
Declension
Declension of Gerstenkorn [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Gerstenkorn | die | Gerstenkörner |
| genitive | eines | des | Gerstenkornes, Gerstenkorns | der | Gerstenkörner |
| dative | einem | dem | Gerstenkorn, Gerstenkorne1 | den | Gerstenkörnern |
| accusative | ein | das | Gerstenkorn | die | Gerstenkörner |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
- “Gerstenkorn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gerstenkorn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gerstenkorn” in Duden online
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