bjørn

From Old Danish biørn, biorn, from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown, shining”).

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/, [ˈb̥jœɐ̯ˀn]

bjørn c (singular definite bjørnen, plural indefinite bjørne)

1. bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)
2. (nautical) lubber's hole

• “bjørn” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô,
probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown, shining”).

• IPA^(key): [pjœtn]

bjørn f (genitive singular bjarnar, plural bjarnir)

1. bear

Declension of bjørn
f3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjørn	bjørnin	bjarnir	bjarnirnar
accusative	bjørn	bjørnina	bjarnir	bjarnirnar
dative	bjørn	bjørnini	bjørnum, bjarnum	bjørnunum, bjarnunum
genitive	bjarnar	bjarnarinnar	bjarna	bjarnanna

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”), maybe related to brun (“brown”).

• IPA^(key): /bjøːɾn/, [bjøːɳ]
• Rhymes: -øːɳ

bjørn m (definite singular bjørnen, indefinite plural bjørner, definite plural bjørnene)

1. a bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)

• “bjørn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• bjønn, bjødn

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“brown, shining”), maybe related to brun (“brown”).

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/, /bjœnː/, /bjœɳ/
• (segmentation) IPA^(key): /bjœdn/
• (palatalisation) IPA^(key): /bjœɲː/

bjørn m (definite singular bjørnen, indefinite plural bjørnar, definite plural bjørnane)

1. a bear (a large mammal of the family Ursidae)
   • 1860 April 8, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, “Gjeiti”, in Dølen, volume II, number 25, page 2:

     Bjørnen med sin lodne Feld kann deg taka seint um Kveld.

     The bear, with its furry coat, might catch you late at night.

• “bjørn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “bjørn” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

• Bjørn