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Etymology 1

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 Bern on Wikipedia
 
canton of Bern (sense 2)

From Alemannic German Bärn, 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) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to carve out, cut))[1][2] and *branos (raven) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus). More at Bern.

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Bern (countable and uncountable, plural Berns)

  1. A placename
    1. The capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton.
    2. A canton of Switzerland.
  2. A surname
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  • Andres Kristol (ed.), 2005: Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen, Huber, Frauenfeld, p. 143. →ISBN
  1. ^ Müller, Wulf; Tremp, Ernst (13 November 2013). "Üchtland". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  2. ^ Andres Kristol (ed.): Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen. Huber, Frauenfeld 2005, p. 143.

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Bern (plural Berns)

  1. A unisex given name, variant of Bernie
    1. A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, variant of Bernie
    2. A diminutive of the female given names Bernadette or Bernice, variant of Bernie

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Bern

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland).

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Bern m inan (related adjective bernský)

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)

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  • Bern”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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Bern

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)

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Borrowed from German Bern.

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Bern n

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)

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First attested as birni in 709. Derived from Proto-Germanic *birnu- (muck, manure, mud that looks like manure) with collectivising suffix *-ja-.

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Bern n

  1. A hamlet in Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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Bern

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)

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Bern ?

  1. Bern (the capital of Switzerland)

German

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 Bern on German Wikipedia
 Kanton Bern on German Wikipedia
 
Kanton Bern (sense 2)

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Borrowed from Alemannic German Bärn.

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Bern n (proper noun, genitive Berns or (optionally with an article) Bern)

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
    Synonym: Kanton Bern

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  • Bern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Bern” in Duden online
  • Bern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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Bern ?

  1. Bern (the capital of Switzerland)

Serbo-Croatian

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From Alemannic German Bärn.

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Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)

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  • Bern”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Bern m inan (genitive singular Bernu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Bern (the capital of Switzerland)

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From Alemannic German Bärn.

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Bern n (genitive Berns)

  1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
  2. Bern (a canton of Switzerland)