Deern

German

Etymology

Via German Low German Deern, from Middle Low German dêrne (“girl”), from Old Saxon thiorna, from Proto-Germanic *þewernǭ, which is the same word as Dirne (“girl; whore”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːɐ̯n/, /dɛːɐ̯n/

Noun

Deern f (genitive Deern, plural Deerns)

(Northern Germany) girl

Declension

Declension of Deern

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Deern	die	Deerns
genitive	einer	der	Deern	der	Deerns
dative	einer	der	Deern	den	Deerns
accusative	eine	die	Deern	die	Deerns

Related terms

Dirndl
Dirne

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