agern

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse akarn (“acorn”), from Proto-Germanic *akraną, cognate with English acorn, German Ecker (archaic), Dutch aker (archaic), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːˀɣərn/, [ˈæˀjɐn], [ˈæˀɐn]

Noun

agern n (singular definite agernet, plural indefinite agern)

(botany) acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
(anatomy, rare) glans penis
Synonyms: glans, pikhoved

Declension

Declension of agern

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agern	agernet	agern	agernene
genitive	agerns	agernets	agerns	agernenes

Further reading

“agern” in Den Danske Ordbog
agern on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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