Bern en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /bɛ(ɹ)n/ local
- bû(r)n (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- bârn local
- /bɜː(ɹ)n/ (UK)
- /bɝn/ (US)
Etymology
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”)) 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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A federal city of Switzerland; the capital city of Bern canton.
Although the researchers found that, on average, narcissism gradually declined as people aged, “the results show that this decline is not as large as one might hope,” said Ulrich Orth, the lead author of the paper and a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
2024 July 11, Christina Caron, “Narcissism Is a Trait That’s Hard to Shake, Study Says”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024:
- (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A canton of Switzerland.
- (countable, uncountable) A surname
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berne | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Berns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
New Bern · Bernese · Bremgarten bei Bern
Translations (103)
ru Берн (canton) · de Bern (canton) · la Arctopolis (city) · la Bernna (city) · sq Bern (city) · sh Бе̑рн (city) · fi Bern (canton) · sv Bern (city) · la Bernum (city) · ca Berna (city) · rm Berna (canton) · ms Bern (city) · ru канто́н Берн (canton) · vi Béc-nơ (city) · la Verona (city) · tk Bern (city) · ru Берн (city) · hi बर्न (city) · ga Beirn (city) · yue 伯恩 (city) · uk Берн (canton) · mt Bern (canton) · bg Берн (city) · la Berma (city) · yi בערן (city) · af Bern (canton) · rm Berna (city) · hy Բեռն (city) · eu Berna (city) · pl Berno (canton) · ar بِرْن (city) · ka ბერნი (canton) · mk Берн (city) · vi Bơn (city) · ta பேர்ன் (city) · gsw Bärn (city) · pl Berno (city) · bo པེར་ནེ (city) · sh Bȇrn (city) · lt Bernas (city) · ps برن (city) · ar بِيرْن (city) · ja ベルン (city) · es Berna (city) · kmr Bern (city) · ca Berna (canton) · fr Berne (city) · be Берн (city) · mn Берн (city) · nb Bern (city) · sk Bern (city) · tg Берн (city) · tl Bern (city) · gl Berna (city) · it Berna (canton) · tr Bern (city) · eo Berno (city) · af Bern (city) · uz Bern (city) · de Bern (city) · ky Берн (city) · la Berona (city) · mt Bern (city) · th แบร์น (city) · kk Берн (city) · my ဘန်းမြို့ (city) · tt Берн (city) · id Bern (city) · pt Berna (city) · lo ແບນ (city) · am ቤርን (city) · la Beruna (city) · tl Berna (city) · az Bern (city) · fr Berne (canton) · ka ბერნის კანტონი (canton) · el Βέρνη (city) · he בֶּרְן (city) · uk Берн (city) · gur Bɛrna (city) · ar بِيرْن (city) · is Bern (city) · cmn 伯恩 (city) · ug بېرن (city) · it Berna (city) · ur برن (city) · fa برن (city) · ko 베른 (city) · nl Bern (city) · cs Bern (city) · ro Berna (city) · fi Bern (city) · be Бэрн (city) · ast Berna (city) · et Bern (city) · bn বের্ন (city) · lv Berne (city) · sl Bern (city) · ka ბერნი (city) · km ប៊ែន (city) · cmn 伯爾尼 /伯尔尼 (city) · da Bern (city) · la Verena (city)
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