Used in a Sentence

dern

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dern.

Editorial note

Marriage as an ironclad contract came about because of primogeniture - who inherits the (gol dern) paterfamilias' estate?

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname from German.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dern gathered in one view.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dern.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.

Example sentences

1

Marriage as an ironclad contract came about because of primogeniture - who inherits the (gol dern) paterfamilias' estate?

2

The buffalo grass prairie was pretty dern eco-rich and cattle grazing isn't that far off of that if you're careful.

3

Apps start fast, windows open instantly (instead of showing a dern splash screen for 30 seconds).

4

Like gentle Y/Z is postal carrier, hard X followed by Z is those dern teens again?

5

It's a shortcut that's easy to take especially as someone that's likely upper middle class and doesn't want to pay dern taxes.

6

And yes i wish they would ease off on the dern hex.

7

Well then, we'd better prevent those dern moslems from getting their hands on it.

8

Laura Dern looks good but the men look terrible.

9

This is some pretty dern well-crafted regulation - because the incentives for getting it right are with the right people and what could be done was very clear.

10

I had the paperback with Bruce Dern on the cover.

11

I say we just lean our shoulders into this whole thing and watch the chronic illness rates climb with shrugged hands and turned heads because of just how dern complix all this stuff is that all of the beautiful minds in the world are hard at work on.

Quote examples

1

My shoulders go up around my ears when Dern's character is lecturing his shipmates on "real food".

2

> My shoulders go up around my ears when Dern's character is lecturing his shipmates on "real food".

3

I was thinking of the scene in "The 'burbs" when Bruce Dern keeps turning the art over trying to figure it out.

4

Dern kids and their "Romantic" claptrap.

Proper noun examples

1

Ellen DeGeneres lost her sitcom after coming out (which extended to co-stars in the episode like Laura Dern).

2

Dern's character's argument in the movie is just as relevant today, and the general answer today remains the same: the natural world is a secondary concern compared to humanity's unconstrained and unthinking growth.

3

But it's also so beautiful; Laura Dern's character is so touching and Kyle McLachlan playing the naif in a world of evil is so moving.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dern in a sentence?

Marriage as an ironclad contract came about because of primogeniture - who inherits the (gol dern) paterfamilias' estate?

What does dern mean?

A surname from German.

What part of speech is dern?

dern is commonly used as noun.