Noun: Bernstein
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation: uncountable
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Bernstein |
| Plural | Bernsteine |
Definite
| Singular | der Bernstein |
| Plural | die Bernsteine |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Bernsteines; Bernsteins |
| Plural | Bernsteine |
Definite
| Singular | des Bernsteines; Bernsteins |
| Plural | der Bernsteine |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Bernstein; Bernsteine |
| Plural | Bernsteinen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Bernstein; Bernsteine |
| Plural | den Bernsteinen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Bernstein |
| Plural | Bernsteine |
Definite
| Singular | den Bernstein |
| Plural | die Bernsteine |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Bernstein
Kopiergerät,
Betriebswirt,
Einzelbetrieb,
Acker-Schachtelhalm,
Schmuckstein,
Schmuckstück,
Mundstück,
Antiquariat,
Türgriff,
Walross-Elfenbein,
Baustoff,
Baustein,
Dezernat,
Kohlenwasserstoff,
Gussteil,
Drehort,
Dreieck,
Gitarrenspiel,
Folgejahr,
Schigebiet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Middle Low German bernstein, barnstēn. Pertaining to brennen (“to burn”) with Low German metathesis of -r- (compare bersten, Born).
2. Cognate with English brimstone and Old Norse brennisteinn. The word was borrowed from Middle Low German into several Scandinavian and Slavic languages. See: English Nouns '
brimstone', Old Norse Nouns '
brennisteinn'.
Verbs referencing "Bernstein"
English Nouns
brimstone, Hungarian Nouns
borostyán, Swedish Nouns
bärnsten, Dutch Nouns
barnsteen, Romanian Nouns
bruștin.
Translations