bero

See also: Bero and bēro

Basque

Noun

bero ?

1. hot, heat
2. warm, calid

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German Beere and English berry.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈbero]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: be‧ro

Noun

bero (accusative singular beron, plural beroj, accusative plural berojn)

1. berry

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) bērō

1. dative masculine singular of bērus
2. dative neuter singular of bērus
3. ablative masculine singular of bērus
4. ablative neuter singular of bērus

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berô, whence also Old English bera, Old Norse bjǫrn.

Noun

bero m

1. bear

Descendants

• Middle High German: bër
  • Alemannic German: Bärr
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Bäer

  • German: Bär
  • Luxembourgish: Bier
  • Vilamovian: baor
  • Yiddish: בער‎ (ber‎)

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲero/

Noun

bero

1. genitive singular/dual of bir (“spit”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bero	bero pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbero
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Swedish

Etymology

From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- +‎ ro. Cognate with Danish bero and Norwegian Bokmål bero.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

bero

1. to depend (upon)

   Hans hjärta var nu en gång stämt för hjälpsamhet, och dess frid berodde av medvetandet av att ha hjälpt den hjälpbehövande.

   His heart was once and for all tuned to helpfulness, and its peace depended on being conscious of having helped someone in need.

2. to be caused (by), to be explained (by)

   Den ofrivilliga pausen berodde på att datorn havererade

   The involuntary pause was caused by the computer's crashing.

3. to have an unknown (or unspecified) cause (if the reason is omitted)

   det beror på ― it depends

4. to be ignored, to be postponed, to be less important (lacking good reasons)

   Guvernören fann det vara en omöjlig uppgift att bygga en kanal här, så saken fick bero.

   The governor found it an impossible task to build a canal here, so the issue was postponed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bero (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bero		—
Supine	berott		—
Imperative	bero		—
Imper. plural1	beron		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	beror	berodde	—	—
Ind. plural1	bero	berodde	—	—
Subjunctive2	bero	berodde	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	beroende
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• oberoende