bern

Meaning

child, children

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛːn/

Etymology

From Old Frisian bern, barn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn.

Sentences

In bern moat witte dat it der wêze mei .

A child must know that it is allowed.

Ik bin mem fan twa bern , ien fan fjouwer en ien fan trije .

I am a mother of two children, one of four and one of three.

Mei fjouwer bern wie it altiten in hiele drokte by harren thús.

With four children, it was always very busy at home.

De bern kinne oan aktiviteiten meidwaan, mar it is net ferplicht.

The children can participate in activities, but it is not compulsory.

Faak binne bern mei depresje ek op harsels .

Often children with depression are also on their own.

Bern mochten sels de regels betinke en stimme wat sy it belangrykste fûnen.

Children were allowed to come up with the rules themselves and vote on what they thought was most important.

It bern kraait it út fan wille.

The child cries out for joy.

Der wiene allegearre spultsjes en de bern berêden it iten sels .

There were all games and the children brought the food themselves.