# das Korn

das Korn is a German noun meaning “kernel”. Forms: des Kornes, die Körner.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Kornes
- Plural: die Körner

## In other languages

- Русский: исч. зерно
- Українська: зерно, збіжжя

## Noun

1. _countable_ kernel; single grain
2. _uncountable_ cereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)
3. _archaic · regional · uncountable_ rye (as the most common kind of grain in German-speaking Europe)
4. _countable_ bead (knob on a gun barrel used for aiming)

## Noun

1. Korn (liquor produced from fermented cereal grain seed)
   - In Wenningstedt bei Karten und Korn / Erschlug einst ein Bauer in jähem Zorn / Seinen Gast. — In Wenningstedt, over cardgames and korn / A farmer once slew in sudden wrath / His guest.

## Proper name

1. Chiers (river)

## Examples

- Die Scheunen sind voll von Korn. — The barns are full of grain.
- Auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn. — Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
- Es steckt in allem ein Körnchen Wahrheit. — There is a grain of truth in everything.
- In jedem Scherz ist auch ein Körnchen Ernst. — Every joke has a seed of truth.
- Taschendiebe nehmen Reisende aufs Korn. — Pickpockets target tourists.

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