barn

barn (unmutated)
varn (mutation-soft)
parn (mutation-hard)
varn (mixed)
barnan (first-person indicative present singular)
barnen (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
barnis (first-person indicative preterite singular)
barnin (first-person future indicative singular)
barnfen (conditional first-person present singular)
barnjen (conditional first-person imperfect singular)
barnez (indicative present second-person singular)
barnes (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
barnjout (indicative preterite second-person singular)
barni (future indicative second-person singular)
barnfes (conditional present second-person singular)
barnjes (conditional imperfect second-person singular)
barn (imperative second-person singular)
barn (indicative present singular third-person)
barne (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
barnas (indicative preterite singular third-person)
barno (future indicative singular third-person)
barnfe (conditional present singular third-person)
barnje (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
barnet (imperative singular third-person)
barnomp (first-person indicative plural present)
barnemp (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
barnjomp (first-person indicative plural preterite)
barnimp (first-person future indicative plural)
barnfemp (conditional first-person plural present)
barnjemp (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
barnomp (first-person imperative plural)
barnit (indicative plural present second-person)
barnec'h (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
barnjoc'h (indicative plural preterite second-person)
barnot (future indicative plural second-person)
barnfec'h (conditional plural present second-person)
barnjec'h (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
barnit (imperative plural second-person)
barnont (indicative plural present third-person)
barnent (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
barnjont (indicative plural preterite third-person)
barnint (future indicative plural third-person)
barnfent (conditional plural present third-person)
barnjent (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
barnent (imperative plural third-person)
barner (impersonal indicative present)
barned (imperfect impersonal indicative)
barnjod (impersonal indicative preterite)
barnor (future impersonal indicative)
barnfed (conditional impersonal present)
barnjed (conditional imperfect impersonal)
barn (imperfect infinitive preterite)
a varn- (mutation-soft)
o varn (imperfect participle present preterite)
e varn- (mutation-mixed)
barnet (auxiliary verb: kaout) (imperfect participle past preterite)
ne (mutation-soft)
na varn- (mutation-soft)

From Proto-Celtic *barnati (“proclaim”). Cognate with Cornish barna.


barn

Dette er ikke et passende sted for børn.

This is not a fitting place for children.

Mine børn er alle flyttet hjemmefra.

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barn n (singular definite barnet, plural indefinite børn)

barnet (definite singular)
børn (indefinite plural)
barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barnet (definite nominative singular)
børn (indefinite nominative plural)
børnene (definite nominative plural)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnets (definite genitive singular)
børns (genitive indefinite plural)
børnenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish barn, from Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Compare English bairn.


barn

One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.

Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

(informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.

(slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

close the barn door after the horse has bolted

not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”).
More at rest and barley.
For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.


barn

But like still-pining Tantalus he sits / And useless barns the harvest of his wits

1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, line 859:

Hypocrites, in like manner, so act holiness that they pass for saints before men, whose censures often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.

1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times; Good Thoughts in Worse Times; Mixt Contemplations in Better Times, published 1863, page 165:

en-verb

barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)

barns (present singular third-person)
barning (participle present)
barned (participle past)
barned (past)


barn

(dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, progeny”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). Doublet of bairn. Cognate to Frisian bern ("child/children"), Middle Dutch baren (“child”).


barn

fo-noun

barn n (genitive singular barns, plural børn)

barns (genitive singular)
børn (plural)
barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barnið (definite nominative singular)
børn (indefinite nominative plural)
børnini (definite nominative plural)
barn (accusative indefinite singular)
barnið (accusative definite singular)
børn (accusative indefinite plural)
børnini (accusative definite plural)
barni (dative indefinite singular)
barninum (dative definite singular)
børnum (dative indefinite plural)
børnunum (dative definite plural)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnsins (definite genitive singular)
barna (genitive indefinite plural)
barnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.


barn

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barn

is-noun

barn n (genitive singular barns, nominative plural börn)

barns (genitive singular)
börn (nominative plural)
barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barnið (definite nominative singular)
börn (indefinite nominative plural)
börnin (definite nominative plural)
barn (accusative indefinite singular)
barnið (accusative definite singular)
börn (accusative indefinite plural)
börnin (accusative definite plural)
barni (dative indefinite singular)
barninu (dative definite singular)
börnum (dative indefinite plural)
börnunum (dative definite plural)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnsins (definite genitive singular)
barna (genitive indefinite plural)
barnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.


barn

(nuclear physics) barn (a unit of surface area)


barn

A member of one's immediate offspring or progeny.

Hit tidde after on a time · as tellus our bokes / as þis bold barn his beſtes · blybeliche keped[…]

c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 6, recto, lines 198-199; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 12:

Afterwards, as our books record, it happened one day that / while this brave child was peacefully looking after his animals […]

English: barn (obsolete, dialectal)

Geordie English: bairn

Scots: bairn
→ English: bairn

Yola: barrn

Inherited from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.


barn

barnet (definite singular)
barn (indefinite plural)
barna (definite plural)
barnene (definite plural)

From Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).


barn

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barn n (definite singular barnet, indefinite plural barn or born, definite plural barna or borna)

barnet (definite singular)
barn (indefinite plural)
born (indefinite plural)
barna (definite plural)
borna (definite plural)
Historical inflection of barn

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). The plural form born is from the Old Norse u-umlauted form bǫrn. This umlaut can also be seen in Icelandic börn and Danish and Faroese børn.


barn

Danish: barn


barn

first/third-person singular preterite of beirnan


barn

barn (nominative singular)
barn (nominative plural)
barn (accusative singular)
barn (accusative plural)
barnes (genitive singular)
barno (genitive plural)
barne (dative singular)
barnum (dative plural)
barnu (instrumental singular)

From Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną, whence also Old Saxon barn, Old English bearn, Old Norse barn.


barn

barns (genitive)
bǫrn (plural)
barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barnit (definite nominative singular)
bǫrn (indefinite nominative plural)
bǫrnin (definite nominative plural)
barn (accusative indefinite singular)
barnit (accusative definite singular)
bǫrn (accusative indefinite plural)
bǫrnin (accusative definite plural)
barni (dative indefinite singular)
barninu (dative definite singular)
bǫrnum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫrnunum (dative definite plural)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnsins (definite genitive singular)
barna (genitive indefinite plural)
barnanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

barn

Icelandic: barn

Faroese: barn

desc

Norwegian Nynorsk: badn, barn, bonn, bån

Norwegian Bokmål: barn

Jamtish: bǫ́rn

Old Swedish: barn

Swedish: barn

Old Danish: barn

Danish: barn

Gutnish: ban

From Proto-Germanic *barną, the passive participle of *beraną; cognate with Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“servant”); from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.


barn

barn (nominative singular)
barn (nominative plural)
barn (accusative singular)
barn (accusative plural)
barnes (genitive singular)
barnō (genitive plural)
barne (dative singular)
barnun (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną, whence also Old English bearn, Old High German barn, Old Norse barn.


barn

gmq-osw-decl-blank-full

barn

neuter
barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barnit (definite nominative singular)
barn (indefinite nominative plural)
barnin (definite nominative plural)
barn (accusative indefinite singular)
barnit (accusative definite singular)
barn (accusative indefinite plural)
barnin (accusative definite plural)
barni (dative indefinite singular)
barne (dative indefinite singular)
barninu (dative definite singular)
barneno (dative definite singular)
barnum (dative indefinite plural)
barnom (dative indefinite plural)
barnumin (dative definite plural)
barnomen (dative definite plural)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnsins (definite genitive singular)
barna (genitive indefinite plural)
barnanna (definite genitive plural)

Swedish: barn


barn

(nuclear physics) barn (unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres)

barn (nominative singular)
barny (nominative plural)
barnu (genitive singular)
barnów (genitive plural)
barnowi (dative singular)
barnom (dative plural)
barn (accusative singular)
barny (accusative plural)
barnem (instrumental singular)
barnami (instrumental plural)
barnie (locative singular)
barnach (locative plural)
barnie (singular vocative)
barny (plural vocative)


barn

barn (nominative singular)
barnu (nominative plural)
barn (accusative singular)
barnu (accusative plural)
barnas (genitive singular)
barnō (genitive plural)
barnē (dative singular)
barnum (dative plural)
barnu (instrumental singular)
barnum (instrumental plural)

desctree

Old English: bearn, bern
Middle English: barn, bern, bearn, bærn, barne, berne, baren
English: barn (obsolete, dialectal)
Geordie English: bairn
Scots: bairn
→ English: bairn
Yola: barrn

Old Frisian: barn, bern

North Frisian: bjarn

desc

Saterland Frisian: Bäiden, Bidden (Strukelje)

West Frisian: barn, bern

Old Saxon: barn

Old Dutch: *barn

Middle Dutch: baren

Old High German: barn, parn

Middle High German: barn


barn

Barnen leker

Han är bara ett barn / Han är bara barnet

He is only a child ("Bara vara barnet" (literally, "only be the child") is an alternative way to express the same thing)

barn och vuxna

Du är mitt barn

adoptivbarn

(figuratively) a child (descendant, indirectly, for example in religious contexts)

Guds barn

(figuratively) a child (follower, like above)

(figuratively) a child (someone's creation or the like)

(uncountable) barn (a unit of area in nuclear physics)

barn (indefinite nominative singular)
barns (genitive indefinite singular)
barnet (definite nominative singular)
barnets (definite genitive singular)
barn (indefinite nominative plural)
barns (genitive indefinite plural)
barnen (definite nominative plural)
barnens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish barn (“child”), from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Danish barn, Icelandic barn, Old Saxon barn, Old High German barn, Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“worker”) and bernẽlis (“lad”), a kind of participle to bära (“to bear, to carry, as in childbirth”).


barn

From Proto-Celtic *barnati from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.