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en kärna

seed, pip, nucleus

kärna as a noun(en kärna)

Meaning

seed; pip; nucleus

In Swedish: frö inuti en frukt, sten (i stenfrukt)

Forms

Forms of kärna
Singular, indefinite	en kärna
Singular, definite	kärnan
Plural, indefinite	kärnor
Plural, definite	kärnorna

kärna is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kärna, den stora kärnan. Check another noun

kärna as a verb

Meaning

to churn

Conjugation

Conjugation of kärna (churn)
Infinitive	att kärna	to churn
Present	kärnar	jag kärnar
Past	kärnade	jag kärnade
Supine	kärnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kärnat	jag har kärnat
Past perfect	hade kärnat	jag hade kärnat
Future	ska kärna	or: kommer att kärna
Conditional	skulle kärna	jag skulle kärna
Imperative	kärna!	a command
Present participle	kärnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kärnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kärna
Infinitive	kärnas
Present	kärnas
Past	kärnades
Supine	kärnats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use kärnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Is it en kärna or ett kärna?

kärna in a sentence

en kärna av sanning
a grain of truth
Det är kärnor i mitt röda äpple
There are seeds in my red apple
Min avokado har en stor kärna
My avocado has a large pit
Kärna ur oliverna
Remove the pits/stones from the olives / Pit/stone the olives
nötens ätliga kärna
the edible kernel of the nut
jordens kärna
the core of the Earth
kärnan i resonemanget
the core/essence of the argument
kärna smör
churn butter

Words built with kärna

plommonkärna plum stone
atomkärna atomic nucleus
stadskärna city centre
kärnhus core

Questions

What does kärna mean in English?

kärna means “seed, pip”.

Is it en kärna or ett kärna?

It is en kärna, and “the seed” is kärnan.

What is the plural of kärna?

The plural of kärna is kärnor, and the definite plural is kärnorna.

What is the past tense of kärna?

The past tense of kärna is kärnade (“jag kärnade”). The supine is kärnat, used in “jag har kärnat”.

What is the present tense of kärna?

kärnar, the same for every person: jag kärnar, du kärnar, vi kärnar.

Origin

From Old Swedish kiærne, from Old Norse kjarni, from Proto-Germanic *kernô (“core, kernel”).

Nearby common words

kärna is number 4,330 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,326förening society, association
4,327polisman a policeman, a police officer
4,328dödligt fatal, deadly
4,329sura sulk
4,331mapp folder
4,332transportera convey
4,333turné tour
4,334besegrad defeated; who/which has been overcome

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