Bär

See also: baer, Baer, bär, bær, and Appendix:Variations of "bar"

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛːɐ̯/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German bër m, Old High German bero m, 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.

Noun

Bär m (genitive Bären, plural Bären, feminine Bärin)

bear (animal)
bear (male with bear-like characteristics)

Usage notes

Bär is a weak noun in the standard language, but is part of a group of nouns which have a stark tendency to be strong colloquially, so one will often hear dem Bär instead of dem Bären.

Declension

Declension of Bär

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bär	die	Bären
genitive	eines	des	Bären	der	Bären
dative	einem	dem	Bären	den	Bären
accusative	einen	den	Bären	die	Bären

Related terms

Ameisenbär
bärbeißig
Bärchen
Bärendienst
Bärenfalle
Bärenhaut
Bärenhunger
Bärenklau
Bärentatze
bärig
Bärin
Bärlapp
Bärlauch

Braunbär
Eisbär
Grislibär, Grizzlybär
Großer Bär
Gummibär
Kuschelbär
Nasenbär
Pandabär
Problembär
Teddybär
Waschbär
Wasserbär

Noun

Bär m (genitive Bärs, plural Bären or Bäre)

large block or hammer for machining things or pile-driving

Synonyms

Rammklotz

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bēr m, from Old High German bēr m, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz, whence also English boar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to Eber (“boar”) (which see).

Noun

Bär m

(obsolete) boar: only used in compounds like Saubär and Schweinsbär/Schweinebär/Schweinbär

Synonyms

Eber

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