Bern

• Berne

German Bern, 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 *berna (“cleft”) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus).

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

Bern

1. The capital of Switzerland and of the canton of the same name.
2. A canton of Switzerland.
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 (city, canton)

• IPA^(key): /bɛrn/

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• Hyphenation: Bern
• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Bern n

1. Bern

Bern

1. Bern

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁn

Bern n (genitive Berns)

1. Bern (city, canton)

• Berner
• bernisch

• IPA^(key): /bêːrn/

Bȇrn m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̑рн)

1. Bern (city, canton)

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Bern n (genitive Berns)

1. Bern (city, canton)