gerne

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gjarna, gerna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡer.nə/, [ˈɡæɐ̯nə]

Adverb

gerne (comparative hellere, superlative helst)

  1. with pleasure; gladly, willingly, readily

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛrnə/, [ˈɡɛʁnə], [ˈɡɛɐ̯nə]
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Adverb

gerne

  1. Alternative form of gern. (Both are roughly equally frequent.)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gerno, from Proto-Germanic *gernô.

Adverb

gerne

  1. with pleasure, gladly, willingly
  2. usually, often

Descendants
  • Dutch: gaarne
  • Limburgish: gaern, gaer
  • West Flemish: geirn

Further reading
  • “gherne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “gerne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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