Masculine
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Bär

Meaning

Synonyms

Meister Petz

Ursus

Selenarctos

Thalarctos

Ursidae

Ursus arctos

Petz

Fallhammer

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɛːr/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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