bjørn

See also: Bjørn, björn, Björn, bjǫrn, and Bjǫrn

Danish

bjørn

Etymology

From Old Danish biørn, biorn, from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown, shining”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/, [ˈb̥jœɐ̯ˀn]

Noun

bjørn c (singular definite bjørnen, plural indefinite bjørne)

1. bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
2. (nautical) lubber's hole

Declension

Declension of bjørn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjørn	bjørnen	bjørne	bjørnene
genitive	bjørns	bjørnens	bjørnes	bjørnenes

Derived terms

• bjørnebær n
• bjørnegræs n
• bjørnejagt c
• bjørneklo c
• bjørnelab c
• bjørneskind n
• bjørneskindshue c
• bjørnespinder c
• bjørnetjeneste c
• hulebjørn c
• isbjørn c
• koalabjørn c
• Lille Bjørn
• næsebjørn c
• snohalebjørn c
• Store Bjørn
• teddybjørn c
• vaskebjørn c
• vognbjørn c

References

• “bjørn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

skógarbjarnir (Ursus arctos arctos)

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô,
probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown, shining”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pjœtn]

Noun

bjørn f (genitive singular bjarnar, plural bjarnir)

1. bear

Declension

f3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjørn	bjørnin	bjarnir	bjarnirnar
accusative	bjørn	bjørnina	bjarnir	bjarnirnar
dative	bjørn	bjørnini	bjørnum, bjarnum	bjørnunum, bjarnunum
genitive	bjarnar	bjarnarinnar	bjarna	bjarnanna

Derived terms

• hvítabjørn (“polar bear”)
• sjóbjørn (“fur seal”)
• skógarbjørn (“brown bear”)
• tváttarbjørn (“raccoon”)

See also

• elgur
• geypa
• hara
• hjørtur
• hundur
• íkorni
• kanin
• ketta
• reindýr
• úlvur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”), maybe related to brun (“brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjøːɾn/, [bjøːɳ]
• Rhymes: -øːɳ

Noun

bjørn m (definite singular bjørnen, indefinite plural bjørner, definite plural bjørnene)

1. a bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)

Derived terms

• bjørnepels
• bjørnetjeneste
• brunbjørn
• isbjørn
• svartbjørn

References

• “bjørn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bjønn, bjødn

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”), maybe related to brun (“brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/, /bjœnː/, /bjœɳ/
• (segmentation) IPA^(key): /bjœdn/
• (palatalisation) IPA^(key): /bjœɲː/

Noun

bjørn m (definite singular bjørnen, indefinite plural bjørnar, definite plural bjørnane)

1. a bear (a large mammal of the family Ursidae)
   • 1860 April 8, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, “Gjeiti”, in Dølen, volume II, number 25, page 2:

     Bjørnen med sin lodne Feld kann deg taka seint um Kveld.

     The bear, with its furry coat, might catch you late at night.

Derived terms

• bjørnebær
• bjørnedyr
• bjørnekam
• bjørnekjeks
• bjørnelås
• bjørnepels
• bjørnetenest
• brunbjørn
• grasbjørn
• hestbjørn
• isbjørn
• myrbjørn
• nasebjørn
• slagbjørn
• svartbjørn
• trebjørn
• vaskebjørn

References

• “bjørn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “bjørn” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Anagrams

• Bjørn