Farn

See also: farn

German

Etymology

From Middle High German farn, from Old High German farn, from Proto-West Germanic *farn, from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather, wing; fern, leaf”), from *p(t)erH- (“fern”). Cognate with English fern, West Frisian fear, Dutch varen, Lithuanian spar̃nas, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (par^əna), Kamkata-viri por, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /farn/, [faʁn], [faɐ̯n], [faːn]
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Noun

Farn m (strong, genitive Farnes or Farns, plural Farne)

fern
Synonym: Farnkraut

Declension

Declension of Farn [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Farn	die	Farne
genitive	eines	des	Farnes, Farns	der	Farne
dative	einem	dem	Farn, Farne¹	den	Farnen
accusative	einen	den	Farn	die	Farne

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Adlerfarn
Baumfarn
Buchenfarn
Farnblatt
Farngewächs
Farnkraut
Farnpflanze
Farnwedel
Farnwurzel
Frauenhaarfarn
Geweihfarn
Hirschzungenfarn
Königsfarn
Rainfarn
Rippenfarn
Rollfarn
Schwertfarn
Schwimmfarn
Straußenfarn
Streifenfarn
Sumpffarn
Tüpfelfarn
Wurmfarn
Zimtfarn

Further reading

“Farn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Farn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Farn” in Duden online

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