hjerne

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Danish hiarnæ, hiærnæ, from Old Norse hjarni (brain), from Proto-Germanic *hersô (brain), genitive *herznaz,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (head). The same Germanic word is the source of Danish isse (crown of head), from Old Norse hjarsi, hjassi. A collective formation from this word is found in German Hirn, Gehirn, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (brain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛrnə/, [ˈjæɐ̯nə]

Noun

hjerne c (singular definite hjernen, plural indefinite hjerner)

  1. brain (most senses)

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Further reading

References

  1. Guus Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden 2013), 221-22.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarni.

  • IPA(key): /ˈjæ̂ːɾnɛ/, [ˈjæ̂ːɳə]

Noun

hjerne m (definite singular hjernen, indefinite plural hjerner, definite plural hjernene)

  1. brain

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarni.

Noun

hjerne m (definite singular hjernen, indefinite plural hjernar, definite plural hjernane)

  1. brain

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