bersten

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛrstə(n)/ Hyphenation: ber‧sten Rhymes: -ɛrstən === Verb === bersten obsolete form of barsten ==== Conjugation ==== == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bresten, from Old High German brestan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną. The modern form is from Middle Low German with metathesis of -r- from Old Saxon brestan (compare Bernstein, Born). Cognate with Dutch barsten, English burst, Old Norse bresta (whence Danish briste, Norwegian Bokmål briste and Swedish brista). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛʁstən/, [ˈbɛʁstən], [ˈbɛɐ̯-], [-stn̩] === Verb === bersten (class 3 strong, third-person singular present birst, past tense barst, past participle geborsten, past subjunctive bärste, auxiliary sein) (intransitive, chiefly literary) to burst ==== Usage notes ==== The more general word is platzen. Bersten has a somewhat irregular 2nd person singular du birst, to avoid the regular but unpronounceable **birstst. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bersten, zum Bersten auseinanderbersten, zerbersten === Further reading === “bersten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bersten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bersten” in Duden online “bersten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch brestan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan. === Verb === bersten to burst, to break apart to come forth, to arise ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== barsten ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: barsten, bersten Afrikaans: bars === Further reading === “bersten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bersten (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Verb === bersten alternative form of bresten