Feminine
Birne
Meaning
- (feminine) pear
- (feminine) lightbulb
- (colloquial, feminine) head, bonce, noggin
Concepts
Synonyms
Denkzentrum
Caput
Dötz
ewige Kanzler
Dicke von Oggersheim
Kanzler der Einheit
schwarze Riese
Leuchtkörper
Zuckermelone
Helmut Kohl
Denkapparat
Glühfadenlampe
Glühlicht
Bimbeskanzler
Translations
peer
pera
poire
pera
armut
pêra
pera
αχλάδι
كمثرى
pirum
pera
karçînFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
biire
St. Gallen
beara
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪrnə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German bire, bir, from Old High German bira, pira, from Vulgar Latin pira, reanalysis of the plural of Latin pirum. Early Modern German birn is from the Middle High German plural and dative/genitive singular, whence a double plural birnen was formed. The contemporary Birne is a new backformation from this plural (perhaps influenced also by the older, still dialectal form bire). Thus, between Latin and modern German, the word was reformed on the basis of the plural three times. Cognate with Alemannic German Bire.
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