Bernie

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝni/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni === Etymology 1 === (male): From Bernard +‎ -ie. (female): From Bernadette +‎ -ie or Bernice +‎ -ie. ==== Proper noun ==== Bernie (plural Bernies) A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, also used as a formal given name. A diminutive of the female given names Bernice or Bernadette. 1864 Mary Andrews Denison, Out of Prison, Graves and Young (1864), pages 21-22: To catch a nearer view of the coming ship, now much larger than the mere speck it had at first appeared, little Bernice, or Bernie, as she was most lovingly called at home, had moved far in advance of her mother, till now she stood quite near to the edge of the wharf. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Bernese +‎ -ie. ==== Noun ==== Bernie (plural Bernies) (informal) A Bernese mountain dog. === Anagrams === Beirne, berine == East Central German == === Proper noun === Bernie m (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Bernhardt === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[2] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22