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]
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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

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
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