Behring

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Behring.

Proper noun

Behring

1. A surname from German.
   • 2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN‎:

     Even at a time when Anders Behring Breivik is on trial in Norway for killing 77 people in a terror attack last year – and the remote possibility he could end up at Bastoy or a similar prison some day – Nilsen and others stand up for this brand of justice.

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Behring

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Alternative forms

• Bering

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːʁɪŋ/

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Beh‧ring

Proper noun

Behring m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Behrings or (with an article) Behring, feminine genitive Behring, plural Behrings)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Behring [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Behring	(eine)	(die)	Behring	(die)	Behrings
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Behrings, Behring1	(einer)	(der)	Behring	(der)	Behrings
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Behring	(einer)	(der)	Behring	(den)	Behrings
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Behring	(eine)	(die)	Behring	(die)	Behrings

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Baring, Böing, Boning, Behning, Bohning, Bönninger
• Behringer, Böhringer, Baenziger, Bänziger, Benziger, Benzinger