Meaning of kjerne | Babel Free

Definitions

1. core, nucleus; essence
   masculine
2. a core, pit, seed (the central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds)
   masculine
3. a churn (a vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter)
   feminine, masculine
4. a center or core (innermost part of something)
   figuratively, masculine
5. a cell nucleus, nucleus (large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material)
   figuratively, masculine
6. a nucleus (cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs)
   figuratively, masculine
7. a nucleus (innermost and brightest part of a comet)
   figuratively, masculine
8. an atomic nucleus (a nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud)
   figuratively, masculine
9. heartwood (the wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch)
   figuratively, masculine
10. a core (the interior of a workpiece or tool, especially when it is of a different material than the rest)
    figuratively, masculine
11. a core (the portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting)
    figuratively, masculine
12. a mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)
    figuratively, masculine
13. a core (the innermost non-luminous part of a flame)
    figuratively, masculine
14. a hard soap or curd soap (a kind of soap, with a hard texture and common salt added to the liquid soap mass)
    figuratively, masculine
15. a core or essence (the most important part of a thing)
    figuratively, masculine
16. a core or spirit (the soul of a person or other creature)
    figuratively, masculine
17. a person being the backbone of a group, community or society
    figuratively, in-compounds, masculine
18. a musical core (the central, most prevalent sound)
    figuratively, masculine
19. the actual content; a deeper meaning
    figuratively, masculine
20. a head (a morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member)
    masculine
21. a nucleus (the central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel)
    masculine

Examples

“hvem planter kjærner for at høste frugt, naar der er ungtræer nok”

who plants seeds to reap fruit when there are enough young trees

“det finnes mange ulike vannmeloner – noen har kjerner i seg, andre er kjernefrie”

There are many different watermelons - some have seeds in them, others are seedless

“sette kjerne”

to plant, develop

“det var en ustyrtelig mængde lag [i løken]! Kommer ikke kærnen snart for en dag?”

it was an unstoppable amount of layers [in the onion]! Isn't the core coming soon for a day?

“vannstoffet H [har] en kjerne med en positiv enhetsladning”

X

“kabelen har ikke mindre enn 20 kjerner”

the cable has no less than 20 cores

“see kun, hvor de lyse kjerner blinke fra hver perle frem”

see only where the bright mother-of-pearls flash from each bead forward

“de har begge søkt å hugge verket op innenfra, helt fra kjernen av”

they have both sought to carve the work from within, from the very core

“danne en kjerne av et universelt brorskap, uten hensyn til rase, trosbekjennelse, kjønn, eller samfundsstilling”

form the core of a universal brotherhood, regardless of race, creed, gender, or social status

“kjernen i den amerikanske likhetstanken: Intet menneske er bedre enn meg”

the core of the American idea of equality: No human being is better than me

“al talens kærne [er] den: rejs bort!”

the core of all speech [is]: go away!

“om dets [stykkets] egentlige kjærne kunde der være mangt og meget at sige”

there could be much and much to say about its real core

“fokusere på det vesentlige, sortere bort alt det overflødige, finne inn til sakens kjerne”

focus on the essentials, sort out all the superfluous, get to the heart of the matter

“sakens kjerne”

heart of the matter; quintessence

“jeg aned det, som er livets kerne”

I guessed it, which is the core of life

“der er nu allikevel en kjerne av noget egte hos Mary”

there is now, however, a core of something real in Mary

“pollens staute kjerne”

pollen's proud core

“familjen er jo dog samfundets kerne”

after all, the family is the backbone of society

“[den vranglære] at massen og mængden er folkets rette kerne”

[the heresy] that mass and quantity are the true core of the people

“var det bare til hvert valg, at bonden var landets kjerne?”

was it just for every election that the farmer was the backbone of the country?

“den harde kjernen i graffitimiljøet”

the central core of the graffiti scene

“bare den harde kjerne på cirka ti mann var igjen”

only the central core of about ten men was left

“den harde kjerne(n)”

most central people (in an organization)

“[stemmen er] ikke stor av volum, men med lys, fast, vakkert timbrert kjerne”

[the voice is] not large in volume, but with a light, firm, beautifully timbered core

“[han] fandt saa meget fløde, at han fik kjærnen fuld”

[he] found so much cream that he got the churn full

“Kjernen i saka er denne.”

The core of the matter is this.