Born

See also: born, börn, and børn

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as burne in 1125. Derived from Old Dutch borne (“spring, source”).

See also Limburgish Bor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Born
• Rhymes: -ɔrn

Proper noun

Born n

1. A village and former municipality of Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands.

References

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

Anagrams

• bron

German

Ein Born

Etymology

Low and Central German form of Brunnen with r-metathesis. From northern Middle High German born and Middle Low German born(e). See the same in Bernstein, bersten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrn/, [bɔʁn], [bɔɐ̯n], [bɔːn]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: bohren (one pronunciation)

Noun

Born m (strong, genitive Bornes or Borns, plural Borne)

1. (poetic) well, spring (water source)

Declension

Declension of Born [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Born	die	Borne
genitive	eines	des	Bornes, Borns	der	Borne
dative	einem	dem	Born, Borne1	den	Bornen
accusative	einen	den	Born	die	Borne

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Lebensborn (historic Nazi institution)
• Quickborn

Related terms

• Brunnen
• Paderborn

Further reading

• “Born” in Duden online