Garn

Garn

1. A surname.
   • 1999 May 13, Robert E. Stevenson, “ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT”, in NASA‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 May 2026, page 35:

     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.

Garn (plural not attested)

1. A unit used to measure nausea. A score of one Garn means the sufferer is fully incapacitated.
   • 1999 May 13, Robert E. Stevenson, “ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT”, in NASA‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 May 2026, page 35:

     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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/, [ɡaʁn], [ɡaɐ̯n], [ɡaːn]

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From Middle High German garn, from Old High German garn, from Proto-West Germanic *garn.

Garn n (strong, genitive Garns or Garnes, plural (rare) Garne)

1. yarn: a thread, typically in a ball/skein or on a spool; (often) such balls and/or spools collectively

   Für die Bordüre nehme ich (ein) andersfarbiges Garn.

   For the borders I use a different-coloured yarn.

   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.)

   Wir bieten eine große Auswahl an hochwertigen Garnen.

   We offer a wide selection of high-quality yarns.

2. (hunting, fishing) net

• The German word also includes threads used for sewing, hence Nähgarn (literally “sewing yarn”).

See the main entry.

Garn n (strong, genitive Garns, plural Garn)

1. (obsolete) Bavarian, Swabian and Rhine Franconian form of Gaden

• “Garn” in Duden online
• “Garn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)
• “Garn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon