Bärenstein

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Bärenstein.

Proper noun

Bärenstein

1. A municipality of Erzgebirgskreis district, Saxony, Germany
2. a mountain in the Ore Mountains near the town of Bärenstein, Germany

German

Etymology

First attested as Pernstein in 1525. Locally called Barnstaa, Barnstee.

By surface analysis, Bär +‎ -en- +‎ Stein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛːʁənˌʃtaɪ̯n]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bä‧ren‧stein

Proper noun

Bärenstein n (proper noun, genitive Bärensteins or (optionally with an article) Bärenstein)

1. A municipality of Erzgebirgskreis district, Saxony, Germany

Declension

Declension of Bärenstein [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Bärenstein
genitive	des	Bärensteins, Bärenstein1
dative	dem	Bärenstein
accusative	das	Bärenstein

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Bärensteiner
  • Bärensteinerin

Related terms

• Bärenthal
• Berenstein, Bernstein, Bergstein, Löwenstein, Reichenstein

Proper noun

der Bärenstein m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Bärensteins or des Bärenstein)

1. a mountain in the Ore Mountains near the town of Bärenstein, Germany