bjørn

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

bjørn

Wikipedia ^da

From Old Danish biørn, biorn, from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”).

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/,

bjørn c (singular definite bjørnen, plural indefinite bjørne)

1. bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
2. (nautical) lubber's hole

• “bjørn” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô,
probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”).

• IPA^(key):

bjørn f (genitive singular bjarnar, plural bjarnir)

1. bear

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Bjørnefamilien

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”), maybe related to brun (“brown”).

• IPA^(key): /bjøːɾn/,
• Rhymes: -øːɳ

bjørn m (definite singular bjørnen, indefinite plural bjørner, definite plural bjørnene)

1. a bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)

• “bjørn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

bjørn

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• bjønn, bjødn

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”), maybe related to brun (“brown”).

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/, /bjœnː/, /bjœɳ/
• (segmentation) IPA^(key): /bjœdn/
• (palatalisation) IPA^(key): /bjœɲː/

bjørn m (definite singular bjørnen, indefinite plural bjørnar, definite plural bjørnane)

1. a bear (a large mammal of the family Ursidae)
   • 1860 April 8, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, “Gjeiti”, in Dølen, volume II, number 25, page 2:

     Bjørnen med sin lodne Feld kann deg taka seint um Kveld.

     The bear, with its furry coat, might catch you late at night.

• “bjørn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “bjørn” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

• Bjørn