Garn

garn English Proper noun en. en ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT Robert E. Stevenson https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/stevensonre-5-13-99.pdf 1999-05-13 35 w:NASA Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick. I don't know whether we should tell stories like that. But anyway, Jake Garn, he has made a mark in the Astronaut Corps because he represents the maximum level of space sickness that anyone can ever attain, and so the mark of being totally sick and totally incompetent is one Garn. Most guys will get maybe to a tenth Garn, if that high. https://web.archive.org/web/20260505012814/https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/stevensonre-5-13-99.pdf Derived terms en Garn scale Noun ! A unit used to measure nausea. A score of one Garn means the sufferer is fully incapacitated. en ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT Robert E. Stevenson https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/stevensonre-5-13-99.pdf 1999-05-13 35 w:NASA Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick. I don't know whether we should tell stories like that. But anyway, Jake Garn, he has made a mark in the Astronaut Corps because he represents the maximum level of space sickness that anyone can ever attain, and so the mark of being totally sick and totally incompetent is one Garn. Most guys will get maybe to a tenth Garn, if that high. https://web.archive.org/web/20260505012814/https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/stevensonre-5-13-99.pdf German Pronunciation de /ɡarn/ [ɡaʁn] [ɡaɐ̯n] [ɡaːn] de De-Garn.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 de gem-pro ine-pro 1 From de gmh garn, from de goh garn, from de gmw-pro *garn. Noun n,s:es,e[rare] yarn: a thread, typically in a ball/skein or on a spool; de often such balls and/or spools collectively de Für die Bordüre nehme ich (ein) andersfarbiges Garn. For the borders I use a different-coloured yarn. de In diesem Korb habe ich mein ganzes Garn. In this basket I keep all my yarn(s). (Here the plural form would sound odd in German.) de Wir bieten eine große Auswahl an hochwertigen Garnen. We offer a wide selection of high-quality yarns. de hunting fishing net Usage notes The German word also includes threads used for sewing, hence de Nähgarn sewing yarn. Declension n,s:es,e Derived terms de Garnknäuel Garnrolle Nähgarn Seemannsgarn Strickgarn Webgarn Etymology 2 See the main entry. Noun n,,- de obsolete de Bavarian, Swabian and Rhine Franconian Gaden Declension n,,- Further reading