German

Noun

Kerne m

1. plural of Kern

English

Noun

kerne ‎(plural kernes)

1. Alternative spelling of kern
   • 1902, William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of Raasay:

     Donald no sooner beheld his kinswoman than he dropped on his knee and with the wildest demonstrations of joy kissed the hand of the ragged kerne who supported her.

   • 1870, James Godkin, The Land-War In Ireland (1870):

     April 11: The army advances again to Armagh, where it waits for galloglasse and kerne from the Pale.

Danish

Noun

kerne c (singular definite kernen, plural indefinite kerner)

1. core, central thing
   • 2010, Erik Simonsen, Bo Mohl, Grundbog i psykiatri, Hans Reitzels Forlag (ISBN 9788741250250), page 601

     Man kan imidlertid ikke forvente, at patienten på egen hånd formår at indkredse og fortælle om kernen i sine vanskeligheder. Ofte vil patienten snarere udleve, gentage og i en vis forstand demonstrere, hvad der er kernen i hendes problem, via den måde, hun fortæller om sig selv og sit liv på, og den måde, hvorpå hun relaterer sig til og interagerer med terapeuten.

     However, one cannot expect that the patient is, on her own, able to specify and speak of the core of her difficulties. Rather, the patient will often live, repeat and in a sense demonstrate, what the core of her problem is, through the way she speaks of herself and her life, and the way in which she relates to and interacts with the therapist.

   • 2010, Anette Søgaard Nielsen, Behandlingsarbejde i team, Hans Reitzels Forlag (ISBN 9788741253992), page 150

     Kernen i vores arbejde er ikke - som man måske kunne tro - indsamlingen af store mængder data og besværlige analyser. Kernen i kvalitetsudvikling er tværtimod^[sic] udviklingen af en kultur, hvor der er tradition for systematisk at drøfte kvaliteten i fora, der mødes regelmæssigt.

     The core of our work is not - as one might think - the collection of great amounts of data and difficult analyses. On the contrary,^[sic] the core in quality development is the development of a culture with a tradition of systematically discussing the quality in forums that meet regularly.

2. seed

   Lars foretrak appelsiner uden kerner, da han hadede at skulle frasortere kernerne.‎

   Lars preferred oranges without seeds, as he hated to have to sort out the seeds.

Declension

Derived terms

• (core): atomkerne, cellekerne, kernekraft, kernemembran, kernevælger

References

• “kerne” in Den Danske Ordbog