Bär

Betekenis

Noun

1. bear (animal)
2. bear (someone or something bear-like, e.g. a sturdy man)

Name

a common surname transferred from the nickname

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɛːr/

Etymologie

From Middle High German bër m, Old High German bero m, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô, conventionally taken to be a taboo-avoidance term derived from the word for "brown".
Compare Dutch beer, English bear, West Frisian bear, Danish bjørn.