Bärr

See also: barr, Barr, barr-, bàrr, bárr, and bärr

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German bër, Old High German bero, from Proto-Germanic *berô, conventionally taken to be a taboo-avoidance term derived from the word for "brown". Cognate with German Bär, Dutch beer, English bear, Icelandic björn.

Noun

Bärr m

  1. (Uri) bear

References
  • “Bärr” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co.
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