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Gerstenkorn
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German
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Etymology
de :af Gerste -n- Korn
de Gerste -n- Korn
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡɛʁstn̩ˌkɔʁn/
de De-Gerstenkorn.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,(e)s,^er
de agriculture barleycorn
de medicine stye bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid
281 Unter ihrer Schwesternhaube kam spärliches rötliches Haar hervor, ihre wasserblauen, entzündeten Augen, an deren einem zum Überfluß ein in der Entwicklung sehr weit vorgeschrittenes Gerstenkorn saß, waren unsteten Blicks, die Nase aufgeworfen, der Mund froschmäßig, außerdem mit schief vorstehender Unterlippe, die sie beim Sprechen schaufelnd bewegte. Scanty reddish hair protruded from under her nurse's hood, her water-blue, inflamed eyes, on one of which was a stye as an encore, which was very advanced in development, had an unsteady look, her nose upturned, her mouth frog-like, and her lower lip protruding crookedly shoveled while speaking.
Declension
n,(e)s,^er
Further reading
de Bacterial diseases Eye