Bern
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: bû(r)n, IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)n/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
- Homophone: burn
- (local) enPR: bârn, IPA(key): /bɛ(ɹ)n/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
- Homophone: bairn
Etymology 1[edit]
Alemannic German Bärn, of uncertain further origin.
A popular folk etymology says it was named by its founder, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, after the first animal he saw in the area, a Bär(in) (“bear”) (compare Berlin, subject to a similar folk etymology).
The name is now thought to be connected to a Celtic word, Proto-Celtic *berna (“cleft”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to carve out, cut”))[1][2] and *branos (“raven”) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus). More at Bern.
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern (countable and uncountable, plural Berns)
- A placename
- The capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton.
- A canton of Switzerland.
- A surname
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich (Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)
References[edit]
- Andres Kristol (ed.), 2005: Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen, Huber, Frauenfeld, p. 143. →ISBN
Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviations
- Clipping of Bernard.
- Clipping of Bernadette.
- Clipping of Bernice.
Proper noun[edit]
Bern (plural Berns)
- A unisex given name, variant of Bernie
- A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, variant of Bernie
- A diminutive of the female given names Bernadette or Bernice, variant of Bernie
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland).
Derived terms[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern m inan (related adjective bernský)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Bern in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern n
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Etymology 2[edit]
First attested as birni in 709. Derived from Proto-Germanic *birnu- (“muck, manure, mud that looks like manure”) with collectivising suffix *-ja-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern n
- A hamlet in Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Estonian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Faroese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern ?
- Bern (the capital of Switzerland)
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- BE (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Alemannic German Bärn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern n (proper noun, genitive Berns or (optionally with an article) Bern)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Kanton Bern
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich (Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)
Further reading[edit]
- “Bern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bern” in Duden online
- “Bern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Icelandic[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern ?
- Bern (the capital of Switzerland)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Alemannic German Bärn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “Bern” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bern m inan (genitive singular Bernu, declension pattern of dub)
- Bern (the capital of Switzerland)
References[edit]
- “Bern”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Alemannic German Bärn.
Proper noun[edit]
Bern n (genitive Berns)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)n
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)n/1 syllable
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- Rhymes:English/ɛə(ɹ)n/1 syllable
- English terms borrowed from Alemannic German
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- af:Cities in Switzerland
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- cs:Cities in Switzerland
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- Dutch terms borrowed from German
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrn
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- nl:Cities in Switzerland
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- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- nl:Villages in Gelderland, Netherlands
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- Estonian lemmas
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- et:Cities in Switzerland
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- fo:Cities in Switzerland
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- German terms borrowed from Alemannic German
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- Rhymes:German/ɛʁn
- Rhymes:German/ɛʁn/1 syllable
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- Icelandic lemmas
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- is:Cities in Switzerland
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- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Alemannic German
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- sh:Cities in Switzerland
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- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
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- sk:Cities in Switzerland
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- Swedish terms derived from Alemannic German
- Swedish lemmas
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- sv:Cities in Switzerland
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