Bär

Meaning

Noun

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

Name

a common surname transferred from the nickname

Concepts

bear

beaver

Dipper

bush

tiger

Ursidae

bears

selenarctos

thalarctos

ursus

teddy

teddy bear

-able

European brown bear

brown bear

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛːr/

Etymology

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.