Bern

See also: bern

English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Berne

Etymology[edit]

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, Proto-Celtic *berna (“cleft”) and *branos (“raven”) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Bern

The capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton.
A canton of Switzerland.
A diminutive of the male given name Bernard.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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
Galician: Berna (gl)
Georgian: ბერნი (berni)
German: Bern (de) n
Alemannic German: Bärn
Greek: Βέρνη (el) (Vérni)
Hebrew: ברן‎
Hindi: बर्न (hi) (barn)
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

Catalan: Berna
Finnish: Bern (fi)
French: Berne (fr) m
German: Bern (de) n
Italian: Berna (it) f

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

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Bren, NBER, Nebr., bren

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bern

Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
Bern (a canton of Switzerland)