Masculine
Bär
Meaning
Concepts
Synonyms
Meister Petz
Ursus
Selenarctos
Thalarctos
Ursidae
Ursus arctos
Petz
Fallhammer
Translations
Frequency
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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