Bering

See also: bering and beRing

English

Etymology

Derived from the surname of Vitus Bering, a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, known for his two explorations of the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent.

Proper noun

Bering

1. An element of various place names in the geographical region between the northeastern extreme of Russia and the U.S. state of Alaska.

Derived terms

• Bering Sea
• Bering Strait
• Beringia

Anagrams

• Bergin, Binger, Ingber, binger, bringe

German

Alternative forms

• Behring

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːʁɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: Be‧ring
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Proper noun

Bering m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Berings or (with an article) Bering, feminine genitive Bering, plural Berings)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Bering [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Bering	(eine)	(die)	Bering	(die)	Berings
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Berings, Bering1	(einer)	(der)	Bering	(der)	Berings
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Bering	(einer)	(der)	Bering	(den)	Berings
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Bering	(eine)	(die)	Bering	(die)	Berings

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Baring, Böing, Boning, Behning, Bohning, Bönninger
• Baenziger, Bänziger, Benziger, Benzinger, Behringer, Böhringer