Bern

See also: bern

English

Alternative forms

• Berne

Etymology

German Bern, 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 *berna (“cleft”) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bû(r)n, IPA^(key): /bɜː(ɹ)n/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
• Homophone: burn
• (local) enPR: bârn, IPA^(key): /bɛ(ɹ)n/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
• Homophone: bairn

Proper noun

Bern

1. The capital of Switzerland and of the canton of the same name.
2. A canton of Switzerland.
3. A diminutive of the male given name Bernard.

Derived terms

• Bernese
• New Bern

Translations

city

• Arabic: بِرْن‎ m (bern), بِيرْن‎ m (bern), بِيرْن‎ m (bīrn)
• Armenian: Բեռն (hy) (Beṙn)
• Basque: Berna (eu)
• Belarusian: Берн m (Bjern)
• Bulgarian: Берн (bg) m (Bern)
• Catalan: Berna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯爾尼 (zh), 伯尔尼 (zh) (Bó'ěrní)

• Danish: Bern
• Dutch: Bern (nl)
• Esperanto: Berno
• Estonian: Bern (et)
• Finnish: Bern (fi)
• French: Berne (fr) m
• Georgian: ბერნი (berni)
• German: Bern (de) n

  Alemannic German: Bärn

• Greek: Βέρνη (el) (Vérni)
• Hebrew: ברן‎
• Hindi: बर्न (hi) (barna)
• Irish: Beirn f
• Italian: Berna (it) f

• Japanese: ベルン (Berun)
• Korean: 베른 (ko) (Bereun)
• Latin: Verona f, Verena f, Bernum n, Berma f, Bernna f, Berona f (Latn), Beruna f (Latn), Arctopolis f (Latn)
• Latvian: Berne f
• Lithuanian: Bernas
• Macedonian: Берн (mk) m (Bern)
• Maltese: Bern
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} बर्न (barna)
• Persian: برن‎ (fa) (Bern)
• Polish: Berno (pl) n
• Portuguese: Berna (pt) f
• Romansch: Berna f
• Russian: Берн (ru) m (Bern)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бе̑рн m

  Roman: Bȇrn (sh) m

• Spanish: Berna (es) f
• Swedish: Bern (sv)
• Tagalog: Berna
• Thai: แบร์น (th) (bɛɛn)
• Ukrainian: Берн m (Bern)

canton

• Finnish: Bern (fi)
• French: canton de Berne m
• German: Bern (de) n, Kanton Bern m
• Italian: Berna (it) f, Canton Berna m

• Maltese: Bern
• Polish: Berno (pl) n
• Romansch: Berna f
• Russian: канто́н Берн m (kantón Bern)

References

• Andres Kristol (ed.), 2005: Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen, Huber, Frauenfeld, p. 143. →ISBN

Anagrams

• Bren, NBER, Nebr., bren

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Danish

Proper noun

Bern

1. Bern (city, canton)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Bern
• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Proper noun

Bern n

1. Bern

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Estonian

Proper noun

Bern

1. Bern

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German

Pronunciation

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Proper noun

Bern n (genitive Berns)

1. Bern (city, canton)

Derived terms

• Berner
• bernisch

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêːrn/

Proper noun

Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)

1. Bern (city, canton)

Declension

Declension of Bern

	singular
nominative	Bern
genitive	Berna
dative	Bernu
accusative	Bern
vocative	Berne
locative	Bernu
instrumental	Bernom

References

• “Bern” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Proper noun

Bern n (genitive Berns)

1. Bern (city, canton)