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bern

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/bɜː(ɹ)n/(UK)
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/bɜː(ɹ)n/(UK) · /bɝn/(US) · /bɛ(ɹ)n/

Definition of bern

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A placename
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  2. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  3. (countable, uncountable)A surname
  4. A unisex given name, variant of Bernie.
  5. A unisex given name, variant of Bernie.

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Etymology

From Alemannic German Bärn, 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…

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From Alemannic German Bärn, 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, Proto-Celtic *berna (“cleft”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to carve out, cut”)) and *branos (“raven”) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus). More at Bern.

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