Bernstein

• (transliteration): Bernshteyn

Borrowed from German Bernstein.

Bernstein (plural Bernsteins)

1. A surname from German.
2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Бернштейн (Bernštejn).

Borrowed from German Bernstein.

Bernstein m or f by sense

1. a surname from German
2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Бернштейн (Bernštejn).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrnˌʃtaɪ̯n/, [ˈbɛɐ̯nˌʃtaɪ̯n], [ˈbɛʁn-]

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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.

Bernstein m (strong, genitive Bernsteines or Bernsteins, plural Bernsteine)

1. (usually uncountable) amber

• bernsteinern
• Bernsteinzimmer

In some cases from etymology 1, in others probably from Bär (“bear”) +‎ Stein or perhaps yet other words. Also compare Barenstein , Berenstein and Bärenstein.

Bernstein n (proper noun, genitive Bernsteins or (optionally with an article) Bernstein)

1. A municipality of Burgenland, Austria
2. (chiefly historical) a town in Pomerania, now Pełczyce, Poland

• Bernsteiner
  • Bernsteinerin

Bernstein m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Bernsteins or (with an article) Bernstein, plural Bernsteins or Bernstein)

1. a surname

• → English: Bernstein
• → French: Bernstein
• → Hungarian: Bernstein
• → Chinese: → 伯恩斯坦 (Bó'ēnsītǎn) (transliteration)

• “Bernstein” in Duden online
• “Bernstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrnʃtɛjn]
• Hyphenation: Berns‧tein
• Rhymes: -ɛjn

Bernstein

1. a surname

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Bernstein	Bernsteinek
accusative	Bernsteint	Bernsteineket
dative	Bernsteinnek	Bernsteineknek
instrumental	Bernsteinnel	Bernsteinekkel
causal-final	Bernsteinért	Bernsteinekért
translative	Bernsteinné	Bernsteinekké
terminative	Bernsteinig	Bernsteinekig
essive-formal	Bernsteinként	Bernsteinekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Bernsteinben	Bernsteinekben
superessive	Bernsteinen	Bernsteineken
adessive	Bernsteinnél	Bernsteineknél
illative	Bernsteinbe	Bernsteinekbe
sublative	Bernsteinre	Bernsteinekre
allative	Bernsteinhez	Bernsteinekhez
elative	Bernsteinből	Bernsteinekből
delative	Bernsteinről	Bernsteinekről
ablative	Bernsteintől	Bernsteinektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Bernsteiné	Bernsteineké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Bernsteinéi	Bernsteinekéi

Possessive forms of Bernstein
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Bernsteinem	Bernsteinjeim
2nd person sing.	Bernsteined	Bernsteinjeid
3rd person sing.	Bernsteinje	Bernsteinjei
1st person plural	Bernsteinünk	Bernsteinjeink
2nd person plural	Bernsteinetek	Bernsteinjeitek
3rd person plural	Bernsteinjük	Bernsteinjeik

• bernsteini
• bernsteinizmus

• Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN