Noun: hjerne
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | hjerne |
| Sg. definite | hjernen |
| Pl. indefinite | hjerner |
| Pl. definite | hjernerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | hjernes |
| Sg. definite | hjernens |
| Pl. indefinite | hjerners |
| Pl. definite | hjernernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hjerne
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish hiarnæ, hiærnæ, from Old Norse hjarni (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hersô (“brain”), genitive *herznaz, 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-West Germanic *hirʀnī (“brain”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
hjarni', Danish Nouns '
isse', Old Norse Nouns '
hjarsi', German Nouns '
Hirn'.
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