Korn
German, noun
Korn is spelled K-O-R-N (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Korn is a German neuter noun meaning “kernel; single grain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, korn. is a different word: “abbreviation of kornisch (“Cornish”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Getreide”.
What does Korn mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterkernel; single grain
- 2
neutercereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)
- 3
datedneuterrye (as the most common kind of grain in German-speaking Europe)
- 4
neuterbead (knob on a gun barrel used for aiming)
noun
- 1
masculineKorn (liquor produced from fermented cereal grain seed)
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of kornisch (“Cornish”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Getreide 2. einzelner, sehr stärkehaltiger Samen verschiedener Getreidesorten 3. kleines, festes, annähernd rundes Objekt 4. winzige Menge von etwas, auch im übertragenen Sinne
noun: 1. alkoholisches Getränk, klar und hochprozentig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Korn
- Kornes genitive
- Korns genitive
- Körner plural
- Körnchen diminutive neuter
- Körnlein diminutive neuter
- Körndl diminutive neuter
- Korne dative singular
- Körnern dative definite plural
- Kornen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Korn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Korn in German?
Korn appears 7.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).