Bernとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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).

発音

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

固有名詞

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.

派生語

• Bernese
• New Bern

参照

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

アナグラム

• Bren, NBER, Nebr., bren