bero

bero

1. hot, heat
2. warm, calid

From German Beere and English berry.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbero/
• Hyphenation: be‧ro
• Rhymes: -ero

bero (accusative singular beron, plural beroj, accusative plural berojn)

1. berry

bērō

1. dative masculine singular of bērus
2. dative neuter singular of bērus
3. ablative masculine singular of bērus
4. ablative neuter singular of bērus

From Proto-Germanic *berô, whence also Old English bera, Old Norse bjǫrn.

bero m

1. bear

• Middle High German: bër
  • Alemannic German: Bärr
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Bäer

  • German: Bär
  • Luxembourgish: Bier
  • Vilamovian: baor
  • Yiddish: בער‎‎ (ber‎)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲero/

bero

1. genitive singular/dual of bir (“spit”)

From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- +‎ ro. Cognate with Danish bero and Norwegian Bokmål bero.

• Rhymes: -uː

bero

1. to depend (upon)

   Hans hjärta var nu en gång stämt för hjälpsamhet, och dess frid berodde av medvetandet av att ha hjälpt den hjälpbehövande.

   His heart was once and for all tuned to helpfulness, and its peace depended on being conscious of having helped someone in need.

2. to be caused (by), to be explained (by)

   Den ofrivilliga pausen berodde på att datorn havererade

   The involuntary pause was caused by the computer's crashing.

3. to have an unknown (or unspecified) cause (if the reason is omitted)

   det beror på ― it depends

4. to be ignored, to be postponed, to be less important (lacking good reasons)

   Guvernören fann det vara en omöjlig uppgift att bygga en kanal här, så saken fick bero.

   The governor found it an impossible task to build a canal here, so the issue was postponed.

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