Bernstein

== English == === Alternative forms === (transliteration): Bernshteyn === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bernstein and Yiddish בערנשטיין (bernshteyn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɝnstaɪn/, /ˈbɝnstiːn/ === Proper noun === Bernstein (plural Bernsteins) A surname from German or Yiddish. A transliteration of the Russian surname Бернштейн (Bernštejn). ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bernstein. === Proper noun === Bernstein m or f by sense a surname from German a transliteration of the Russian surname Бернштейн (Bernštejn) === Further reading === filae.com Forebears (French) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛrnˌʃtaɪ̯n/, [ˈbɛɐ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯n], [ˈbɛʁn-] === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== Bernstein m (strong, genitive Bernsteines or Bernsteins, plural Bernsteine) (usually uncountable) amber ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bernsteinern Bernsteinzimmer === Etymology 2 === In some cases from etymology 1, in others probably from Bär (“bear”) +‎ Stein or perhaps yet other words. Also compare Barenstein , Berenstein and Bärenstein. ==== Proper noun ==== Bernstein n (proper noun, genitive Bernsteins or (optionally with an article) Bernstein) a municipality of Burgenland, Austria (chiefly historical) a town in Pomerania, now Pełczyce, Poland ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Bernsteiner Bernsteinerin ==== Proper noun ==== Bernstein m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Bernsteins or (with an article) Bernstein, plural Bernsteins or Bernstein) a surname ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: Bernstein → French: Bernstein → Hungarian: Bernstein → Chinese: 伯恩斯坦 (Bó'ēnsītǎn) (transliteration) === Further reading === “Bernstein” in Duden online “Bernstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Kluge, Friedrich (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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146. == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɛrnʃtɛjn] Hyphenation: Berns‧tein Rhymes: -ɛjn === Proper noun === Bernstein a surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bernsteini bernsteinizmus === References === Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006), Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN