Synonyms: essence, essentie, wezenheid, wezen, clou
| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kɛrᵊn/ |
| Hyphenation | kern |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Catalan | essència |
|---|---|
| Czech | bytí; podstata; základ |
| English | gist; crux |
| Esperanto | esenco |
| Faeroese | aðalinnihald |
| Finnish | olemus |
| German | Essenz; Wesen; Substanz; Wesenheit; Hauptinhalt; Wesentliche |
| Italian | nocciòlo; nòcciolo |
| Portuguese | essência |
| Saterland Frisian | Essenz; Wesen |
| Spanish | esencia |
| Thai | ความ; ใจ |