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kärna

“kärna” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a seed, a pip (small, hard seed)
  2. a pit, a stone (in a drupe, avocado, or the like)
  3. a kernel (edible seed)
  4. a kernel, a nucleus, a core (central or most important part)
  5. a kernel (operating system kernel)
  6. a churn (a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter)

verb

  1. to churn

Etymology

From Old Swedish kiærne, from Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”). Cognate with Icelandic kjarni, German Kern, Dutch kern, Luxembourgish Kär.

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