bjørn

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See also: Bjørn, björn, Björn, bjǫrn, and Bjǫrn

Danish

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bjørn

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bjørn c (singular definite bjørnen, plural indefinite bjørne)

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

Declension

Declension of bjørn
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjørn bjørnen bjørne bjørnene
genitive bjørns bjørnens bjørnes bjørnenes

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Faroese

skógarbjarnir (Ursus arctos arctos)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bjørn f (genitive singular bjarnar, plural bjarnir)

  1. bear

Declension

Declension of bjørn
f3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjørn bjørnin bjarnir bjarnirnar
accusative bjørn bjørnina bjarnir bjarnirnar
dative bjørn bjørnini bjørnum, bjarnum bjørnunum, bjarnunum
genitive bjarnar bjarnarinnar bjarna bjarnanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

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