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hirn

UK/ˈhɜːn/US/ˈhɝn/

hirn noun: corner; nook; hiding-place.

Noun

hirn (plural hirns)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Corner; nook; hiding-place.

Forms of hirn

pluralhirns

Origin of hirn

From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ is a diminutive form of *hurną, from which comes English horn. Doublet of hern.

Questions about hirn

What does hirn mean?
Hirn means corner; nook; hiding-place.
What part of speech is hirn?
Hirn is a noun.
How do you pronounce hirn?
Hirn is pronounced /ˈhɜːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of hirn?
The plural of hirn is hirns.

Words near hirn in the dictionary

  1. hirmoi
  2. hirmologia
  3. hirmologion
  4. hirmos
  5. HIRMS
  6. hirn
  7. Hirnantian
  8. hirns
  9. Hirnyi
  10. Hirnyk
  11. Hirogawa

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