Bärr

See also: barr, Barr, barr-, bàrr, and bárr

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bër, Old High German bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô, conventionally taken to be a taboo-avoidance term derived from the word for "brown". Cognate with German Bär, Dutch beer, English bear, Icelandic björn.

Noun

Bärr m

1. (Uri) bear

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.