bersten

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrstə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ber‧sten
• Rhymes: -ɛrstən

bersten

1. Obsolete form of barsten.

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From Middle High German bresten, from Old High German 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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʁstən/, [ˈbɛʁstən], [ˈbɛɐ̯-], [-stn̩]

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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

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

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

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

bersten

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

• barsten

• gebersten
• ontbersten
• tebersten

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• “bersten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bersten (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

bersten

1. Alternative form of bresten