Berne

Definition: Berne

Berne

Noun

1. The capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland.

Date "Berne" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Geography	Capital of Switzerland. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Alternate uses: See Berne (disambiguation).

The city of Berne (bûrn), Swiss German Bern (bærn), French Berne (bèrn), Italian and Romansh Berna (bèr'nä), Polish Berno serves as the capital of Switzerland.

Inhabitants: 142,000 (fourth most populous Swiss city after Zurich, Basel and Geneva).

Berne also functions as the capital of Berne Canton, the second most populous of Switzerland's 26 cantonss.

Duke Berthold V of Zähringen founded the city on the River Aare in 1191 and allegedly named it after a bear he had killed (Berne has had bears for centuries - one can visit the bears in the bear pit off the Nydeggbrücke.)

In 1353 Berne joined the young Swiss Confederation.

The Zytglogge

The most famous monument of Berne is the Zytglogge, the medieval clock tower with its moving puppets. Other noteworthy sites include the Bundeshaus (the seat of the federal Parliament and administration) and the Münster (the cathedral).

Illustrious Bernese include the scientist Albrecht von Haller, the poet Albert Bitzius and the painters Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Klee. The German-born physicist Albert Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while employed as a clerk at the Berne patent office.

The old city of Berne is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Bern has Bern Airport and Bern Rail Station as its transportation outlets.

External Links

City of Berne: http://www.bern.ch
Canton of Berne: http://www.be.ch

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BE	English	Canton of Berne	Geography, Law
BE	French	Canton de Berne	Geography, Law
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Berne

Synonym: capital of Switzerland (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Berne

Specialty definitions using "Berne": Torovirus, trial. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Berne" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (Bern, Berne), Manx (Berne), Portuguese (cloth, larval).

Domain	Title
Books	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (reference) Berne, A Portrait of Switzerland's Federal Capital, of its People, Culture and Spirit (reference) Cook Voyage Artifacts in Leningrad, Berne & Florence Museums (Special Publication Series, No 66) (reference) Eric Berne (Key Figures in Counseling and Psychotherapy) (reference) Eric Berne, Master Gamesman: A Transactional Biography (Hardcover) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Berne & Lucerne (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Poster published on behalf of the Naval Rendezvous, New Berne, North Carolina, 2 November 1863.Credit: NAVY.		The last shovel full of muck taken out of the G.N. Ry. Co.'s new 8 mile tunnel - scenic to Berne, Wn. / Pickett.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Alez Kunz, Berne, Switzerland.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Until a new convention shall have been concluded, Germany shall conform to the provisions of the Berne Convention and the subsequent additions referred to above, and to the current supplementary provisions. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Member countries signatory to Berne agree to the highest levels of international copyright compliance. (references)
		These steps began after 1991, and were followed by China's joining the world community in recognizing the Berne Convention and the World Copyright Convention. (references)
		Should this occur, Taiwan must adhere to WTO provisions governing intellectual property rights, which provide copyright protection equal to that of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. (references)
Economic History	Armenia	Armenia joined the WIPO's Berne convention in 2000. (references)
	Turkey	In 1996, Turkey acceded to the 1971 Paris Act of the Berne Copyright Convention. (references)
	Vietnam	It has acceded to the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Madrid Agreement, but has not yet joined the Berne Convention. (references)
Political Economy	EL SALVADOR	El Salvador has adhered to the Berne Convention. (references)
	HAITI	Haiti is not a signatory to the Berne Convention. (references)
	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	Korea joined the Berne Convention in August 1996. (references)
Trade	Finland	It is involved in cooperation in the OECD, EU and Berne Union. (references)
	Uzbekistan	No protection at all is provided for U.S. sound recordings, since Uzbekistan is a member neither of the Berne convention nor of the Geneva Phonograms Convention. (references)
	India	It complements the activities of national and regional development insurance through coinsurance and reinsurance agreements with these institutions, bilateral exchanges of information, and its membership in the Berne Union. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being, or a socialist, but in mediaeval times, animals, fishes, reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life, or practiced sorcery, was duly arrested, tried and, if condemned, put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields, orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal, and after testimony, argument and condemnation, if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court, where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo, some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs, upsetting him, were arrested on a warrant, tried and punished. In Naples and ass was condemned to be burned at the stake, but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs, bulls, horses, cocks, dogs, goats, etc., greatly, it is believed, to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne, and the Bishop of Lausanne, instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University, directed that some of "the aquatic worms" be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches, both present and absent, were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring "the malediction of God." In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment, or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Berne" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Berne" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	65	41,645

The following table summarizes the usage of "Berne" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Berne	Last name	200	34,234
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Berne, IN (city, FIPS 4888)
Location: 40.65713 N, 84.95429 W
Population (1990): 3559 (1353 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

2. Berne, NY
Zip Code(s): 12023
Country: USA

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Expressions: Berne

Expression using "Berne": East Berne. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Berne": berne-bound.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Berne

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
berne	72	berne en	4
berne indiana	56	berne brother inc smith	4
eric berne	34	berne watch	4
berne university	29	berne school union	4
berne ny	24	accreditation berne university	4
berne ulmer	19	avion berne billet	3
berne convention	19	berne julio	3
berne furniture	17	berne new york	3
berne switzerland	15	berne farmsen	3
east berne ny	15	berne opera	3
berne hotel	13	berne opera hotel	3
berne germany	7	berne chateau de	3
bank berne first	7	berne union high school	3
apparel berne	7	berne indiana lake pine	2
berne brother smith	7	berne convention copyright	2
berne union	6	berne opera hotel paris	2
air ticket berne	5	berne en grupo	2
tim berne	5	berne law.cornell.edu overview.html treaty	2
berne knox westerlo	5	berne en parole	2
berne inn	5	berne mev	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Berne

Language		Translations for "Berne"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		Bern (Bern). (various references)

Albanian		Bernë (bern). (various references)

Bulgarian		Берн. (various references)

Chinese		伯�"尼 (Bern). (various references)

Danish		Bern. (various references)

Dutch		Bern (Bern). (various references)

Esperanto		Berno (Bern). (various references)

Finnish		Bern. (various references)

French		Berne (Bern). (various references)

German		Bern (bern). (various references)

Greek		�'έρνη. (various references)

Hungarian		Bern. (various references)

Italian		Berna. (various references)

Manx		Berne. (various references)

Pig Latin		ernebay

Portuguese		Berna (Bern). (various references)

Russian		Берн. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bern. (various references)

Spanish		Berna. (various references)

Swedish		Bern. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Berne

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 12, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Katanohsate touV korakaV oti ou speirousin oude qerizousin oiV ouk estin tameion oude apoqhkh kai o qeoV trefei autouV posw mallon umeiV diaferete twn peteinwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Considerate corvos quia non seminant neque metunt quibus non est cellarium neque horreum et Deus pascit illos quanto magis vos pluris estis illis
Old English	990	West Saxon	Besceawiað þa hrefnas þæt hig ne sawað ne ne ripað: nabbað hig heddern ne bern: ac god hig fett. þæs þe ma ge synt hyra selran;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Biholde ye crowis, for thei sowen not, nethir repen, to whiche is no celer, ne berne, and God fedith hem. Hou myche more ye ben of more prijs than thei.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Considre the ravens for they nether sowe nor repe which nether have stoorehousse ner barne and yet God fedeth them. How moche are ye better then the foules.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: which neither have store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the fowls?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Berne

Language	Luke Chapter 12, Verse 24
Cebuano	Palandunga ninyo ang mga uwak: wala sila magpugas ni mag-ani, wala silay tipiganan ni dapa; ang Dios mao ang nagapakaon kanila. Pagkalabaw pa gayud ninyog bili kay sa mga langgam!
Croatian	Promotrite gavrane! Ne siju niti žanju, nemaju spremišta ni žitnice, pa ipak ih Bog hrani. Koliko li ste vi vredniji od ptica!
Danish	Giver Agt på Ravnene, at de hverken så eller høste og de have ikke Forrådskammer eller Lade, og Gud føder dem; hvor langt mere værd end Fuglene ere dog I?
Dutch	Aanmerkt de raven, dat zij niet zaaien, noch maaien, welke geen spijskamer noch schuur hebben, en God voedt dezelve; hoeveel gaat gij de vogelen te boven?
Finnish	Katselkaa kaarneita: eivät ne kylvä eivätkä leikkaa, eikä niillä ole säilytyshuonetta eikä aittaa; ja Jumala ruokkii ne. Kuinka paljoa suurempiarvoiset te olette kuin linnut!
French	Considérez les corbeaux: ils ne sèment ni ne moissonnent, ils n`ont ni cellier ni grenier; et Dieu les nourrit. Combien ne valez-vous pas plus que les oiseaux!
German	Nehmet wahr der Raben: die sähen nicht, sie ernten auch nicht, sie haben auch keinen Keller noch Scheune; und Gott nährt sie doch. Wie viel aber seid ihr besser denn die Vögel!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Perhatikanlah burung-burung gagak! Mereka tidak menanam, tidak menuai, tidak juga mempunyai gudang atau lumbung. Tetapi Allah memelihara mereka! Kalian jauh lebih berharga daripada burung-burung!
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Perhatikanlah hal burung gagak, tiada ia menabur benih atau menuai, dan tiada padanya tempat bekal atau lumbung, maka Allah juga memeliharakan dia, apatah lagi lebihnya kamu daripada burung-burung itu!
Manx Gaelic	Smooinee-jee er ny fee: son cha vel ad cuirr, ny buinn: cha vel thie stoyr ny soalt oc, as ta Jee dyn meaghey ad: As nagh vel shiuish foddey share na ny eeanlee?
Maori	Whakaaroa nga rawene; kahore nei e whakato, kahore e kokoti, kahore a ratou pakoro, kahore he whare witi; heoi e whangaia ana ratou e te Atua: tera noa ake koutou i nga manu.
Norwegian	Gi akt på ravnene: de hverken sår eller høster, de har ikke matbod eller lade, og Gud før dem allikevel. Hvor meget mere er ikke I enn fuglene!
Rumanian	Uitayi-vq cu bqgare de seamq la corbi: ei nu samqnq, nici nu secerq, n`au nici cqmarq, nici grknar: wi totuw Dumnezeu ki hrqnewte. Cu ckt mai de prey sknteyi voi deckt pqsqrile!
Shuar	Chinkisha Enentáimsatarum. Niisha arakmainiatsui. Juuk yurumkan ikiuiniatsui. Tuma ain Yuska ni Yurumátniurin tuke Súawai. Atumsha chinkia Nú nankaamaschakaitrum.
Spanish	Considerad los cuervos, que ni siembran, ni siegan, ni tienen almacenes ni graneros; y Dios los alimenta. ¡Cuánto más valéis vosotros que las aves!
Swahili	Chukueni kwa mfano, kunguru: hawapandi, hawavuni wala hawana ghala yoyote. Hata hivyo, Mungu huwalisha. Ninyi mna thamani zaidi kuliko ndege!
Swedish	Given akt på korparna: de så icke, ej heller skörda de, och de hava varken visthus eller lada; och likväl föder Gud dem. Huru mycket mer ären icke I än fåglarna!
Uma	Penonoi-dile danci kaa' -e. Uma-ra molia', uma-ra mepae, uma ria poropo' -ra ba wilulu-ra. Aga nau' wae, Alata'ala mpowai' moto-ra pongkoni'. Peliu-liu-nami koi', apa' hi poncilo Alata'ala meliu tuwu' -ni ngkai katuwu' danci, pai' meliu pompewili' -na hi koi' ngkai pompewili' -na hi danci.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Berne

Derivations
	Words containing "Berne": cabernet, cabernets, cybernetic, cybernetical, cybernetically, cybernetician, cyberneticians, cyberneticist, cyberneticists, cybernetics, limberness, limbernesses, rubberneck, rubbernecked, rubbernecker, rubberneckers, rubbernecking, rubbernecks, soberness, sobernesses, somberness, sombernesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Berne" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baeren, Beene, Behnke, Beirne, beren, Berent, Bergnes, Berkner, Bermejo, Berna, Bernas, Bernat, Bernay, Bernei, Bernet, Berney, Bernfeld, berno, Bernod, Bernon, Beroe, Berve, Berzei, Beuren, Bevna, Bjerke, Bjernede, Bkerke, Brebner, brene, brenee, Brenne, Brennez, Breurne. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Berne

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-n-r"
	-1 letter: been, beer, bene, bree, bren, erne.
	-2 letters: bee, ben, ere, ern, neb, nee, reb, ree.
	-3 letters: be, en, er, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-n-r"
	+1 letter: bender, boreen, enrobe.
	+2 letters: beanery, bencher, benders, berline, blender, boreens, deboner, enabler, enrobed, enrober, enrobes, inbreed, prebend, rebegan, rebegin, rebegun, reblend, redbone, verbena, zebrine.
	+3 letters: absenter, anaerobe, bannered, banneret, bantered, banterer, bareness, bargemen, barrener, battener, beckoner, bedarken, bedrench, befinger, befriend, befringe, beginner, benchers, berberin, beringed, berlines, bernicle, beryline, bescreen, besprent, bestrewn, blencher, blenders, brakemen, brazened, breeding, breezing, brethren, brunette, bunkered, burdened, burdener, cabernet, deboners, debunker, enablers, encumber, ennobler, enrobers, freeborn, greenbug, inbreeds, interbed, linebred, membrane, numbered, numberer, obscener, prebends, rebegins, rebidden, reblends, redbones, rendible, rentable, renumber, seaborne, subgenre, tenebrae, terebene, unbeared, unbreech, verbenas, verboten.
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