Bern
See also: bern
English
Alternative forms
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
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
- Homophone: burn
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "local" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: bârn, IPA(key): /bɛ(ɹ)n/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
- Homophone: bairn
Proper noun
Bern
- The capital of Switzerland and of the canton of the same name.
- A canton of Switzerland.
- A diminutive of the male given name Bernard.
Derived terms
Translations
city
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canton
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References
- Andres Kristol (ed.), 2005: Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen, Huber, Frauenfeld, p. 143. →ISBN
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Bern
- Bern (city, canton)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bern n
Estonian
Proper noun
Bern
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bern n (proper noun, strong, genitive Berns)
- Bern (city, canton)
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)
- Bern (city, canton)
Declension
Declension of Bern
References
- “Bern” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Proper noun
Bern n (genitive Berns)
- Bern (city, canton)
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