Bern

• Berne

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.

• (UK) enPR: bû(r)n, IPA^(key): /bɜː(ɹ)n/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
• Homophone: burn
• (local) enPR: bârn, IPA^(key): /bɛ(ɹ)n/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n
• Homophone: bairn

Bern

1. The capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton.
2. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of Bern

3. A diminutive of the male given name Bernard.

• Bernese
• New Bern

• Andres Kristol (ed.), 2005: Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen, Huber, Frauenfeld, p. 143. →ISBN

• Bren, NBER, Nebr., bren

Bern

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

Borrowed from German Bern.

• IPA^(key): /bɛrn/

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• Hyphenation: Bern
• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Bern n

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

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

• IPA^(key): /bɛrn/

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• Hyphenation: Bern
• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Bern n

1. A hamlet in Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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

Bern

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

Bern ?

1. Bern (the capital of Switzerland)

• BE (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Borrowed from Alemannic German Bärn.

• IPA^(key): [bɛʁn]

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁn

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

• Berner
• bernisch

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

Bern ?

1. Bern (the capital of Switzerland)

From Alemannic German Bärn.

• IPA^(key): /bêːrn/

Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)

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

• “Bern” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [bern]

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

1. Bern (the capital of Switzerland)

• Bern in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Alemannic German Bärn.

Bern n (genitive Berns)

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