Bernstein

German Bernstein

Bernstein (plural Bernsteins)

1. A surname from German.

German Bernstein

Bernstein ?

1. a surname from German

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrnˌʃtaɪ̯n/, [ˈbɛɐ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯n], [ˈbɛʁn-]

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Borrowed from Middle Low German bernstein, barnstēn. Pertaining to brennen (“to burn”) with Low German metathesis of -r- (compare bersten, Born).

Cognate with English brimstone and Old Norse brennisteinn. The word was borrowed from Middle Low German into several Scandinavian and Slavic languages.

Bernstein m (strong, genitive Bernsteines or Bernsteins, plural Bernsteine)

1. (usually uncountable) amber

• bernsteinern
• Bernsteinzimmer

In some cases from etymology 1, in others probably from Bär (“bear”) +‎ Stein or perhaps yet other words. Also compare Barenstein and Bärenstein.

Bernstein n (proper noun, genitive Bernsteins or (optionally with an article) Bernstein)

1. A municipality of Burgenland, Austria
2. (chiefly historical) a town in Pomerania, now Pełczyce, Poland

Bernstein m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Bernsteins or (with an article) Bernstein, plural Bernsteins or Bernstein)

1. a surname

• → English: Bernstein
• → French: Bernstein
• → Hungarian: Bernstein

• “Bernstein” in Duden online
• “Bernstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Bernstein”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 76
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bernstein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrnʃtɛjn]
• Hyphenation: Berns‧tein
• Rhymes: -ɛjn

Bernstein

1. a surname

• bernsteini
• bernsteinizmus

• Laczkó, Krisztina; Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN