björn

See also: Björn, Bjørn, Bjǫrn, bjørn, and bjǫrn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjœrtn/

  Rhymes: -œrtn

• IPA^(key): /pjœtn/ (colloquial)

Noun

björn m (genitive singular bjarnar, nominative plural birnir)

1. bear (mammal)

Declension

declension of björn

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	björn	björninn	birnir	birnirnir
accusative	björn	björninn	birni	birnina
dative	birni	birninum	björnum	björnunum
genitive	bjarnar	bjarnarins	bjarna	bjarnanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gleraugnabjörn
• hvítabjörn
• ísbjörn
• kragabjörn
• pandabjörn

• skógarbjörn
• sólbjörn
• svartbjörn
• sýrlandsbjörn
• þvottabjörn

Related terms

Related terms

• bangsi
• bessi, Bessi

• birna, Birna
• Bjössi

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Swedish

en björn

Etymology

From Old Swedish biorn, biørn, from Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjøːrn/

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Noun

björn c

1. a bear (an ursid)

   Vi såg en björn i skogen i går.

   We saw a bear in the forest yesterday.

2. (slang) a large hairy man, particularly one who is gay; a bear

Declension

Declension of björn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	björn	björnen	björnar	björnarna
Genitive	björns	björnens	björnars	björnarnas

Related terms

björna björnbindsle björnbär björnfrossa björnfäll björnhane björnhona björnide björninna björnjakt

björnjägare björnkloört björnkram björnloka björnmossa björnram björnskinn björnspår björntjänst björntråd

björnunge brunbjörn grizzlybjörn isbjörn sjöbjörn tvättbjörn

See also

• väck inte den björn som sover
• sälja skinnet innan björnen är skjuten

References

• björn in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• björn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.