Baron

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baron"

English

Etymology

• As a French, English, Jewish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech, German, Spanish (Barón), Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, and Breton surname, all from the noun baron. Compare Barron, Lebaron.
• Also as a French surname, from several places in France Le Baron.
• As an Italian (Veneto) surname, variant of Barone.
• Also as a Czech surname (Baroň), from a pet form of Bartoloměj.
• As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin; see Barnes.
• General Slavic surname: Anglicization of Polish Baran (“Aries”), Ukrainian Баран (Baran), etc.

Proper noun

Baron

1. A surname from French
2. A surname from German
3. A surname from Polish
4. A surname from Ukrainian

Anagrams

• NORBA, aborn, Nabor, Bonar, Barno, Borna, Orban, Abron, Rabon, bonar, Arbon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English baron.

Proper noun

Baron

1. a male given name from English

German

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from French baron, from Old French baron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈʁoːn]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

Baron m (strong, genitive Barones or Barons, plural Barone)

1. baron

Declension

Declension of Baron [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Baron	die	Barone
genitive	eines	des	Barones, Barons	der	Barone
dative	einem	dem	Baron, Barone1	den	Baronen
accusative	einen	den	Baron	die	Barone

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → Silesian: barōn
• → Russian: баро́н (barón)
  • → Armenian: բարոն (baron)

Further reading

• “Baron” in Duden online
• “Baron” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache