Bern
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: bû(r)n, IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)n/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
- Homophone: burn
- (local) enPR: bârn, IPA(key): /bɛ(ɹ)n/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
- Homophone: bairn
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Bern (countable and uncountable, plural Berns)
- A placename
- The capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton.
- A canton of Switzerland.
- A surname
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See also edit
- (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich (Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)
References edit
- Andres Kristol (ed.), 2005: Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen, Huber, Frauenfeld, p. 143. →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviations
- Clipping of Bernard.
- Clipping of Bernadette.
- Clipping of Bernice.
Proper noun edit
Bern (plural Berns)
- A unisex given name, variant of Bernie
- A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, variant of Bernie
- A diminutive of the female given names Bernadette or Bernice, variant of Bernie
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Proper noun edit
Bern
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland).
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Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bern m inan (related adjective bernský)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Bern in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Bern
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Bern n
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Etymology 2 edit
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
- A hamlet in Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Bern
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Bern ?
- Bern (the capital of Switzerland)
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- BE (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Alemannic German Bärn.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bern n (proper noun, genitive Berns or (optionally with an article) Bern)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Kanton Bern
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich (Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)
Further reading edit
Icelandic edit
Proper noun edit
Bern ?
- Bern (the capital of Switzerland)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Alemannic German Bärn.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Declension edit
References edit
- “Bern” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
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Bern m inan (genitive singular Bernu, declension pattern of dub)
- Bern (the capital of Switzerland)
References edit
- “Bern”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Alemannic German Bärn.
Proper noun edit
Bern n (genitive Berns)
- Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)
- Bern (a canton of Switzerland)