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bersten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrstə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ber‧sten
  • Rhymes: -ɛrstən

Verb

bersten

  1. obsolete form of barsten

Conjugation

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German bresten, from Old High German brestan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną.

The modern form is from Middle Low German with metathesis of -r- from Old Saxon brestan (compare Bernstein, Born). Cognate with Dutch barsten, English burst, Old Norse bresta (whence Danish briste, Norwegian Bokmål briste and Swedish brista).

Pronunciation

Verb

bersten (class 3 strong, third-person singular present birst, past tense barst, past participle geborsten, past subjunctive bärste, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly literary) to burst

Usage notes

  • The more general word is platzen.
  • Bersten has a somewhat irregular 2nd person singular du birst, to avoid the regular but unpronounceable **birstst.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Bersten, zum Bersten
  • auseinanderbersten, zerbersten

Further reading

  • bersten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bersten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bersten” in Duden online
  • bersten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch brestan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan.

Verb

bersten

  1. to burst, to break apart
  2. to come forth, to arise

Conjugation

More information infinitive, base form ...

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: barsten, bersten

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

bersten

  1. alternative form of bresten

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