Bering
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English
Etymology
Derived from the surname of Vitus Bering, a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, known for his two explorations of the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent.
Proper noun
Bering
- An element of various place names in the geographical region between the northeastern extreme of Russia and the U.S. state of Alaska.
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bering m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Berings or (with an article) Bering, feminine genitive Bering, plural Berings)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Bering [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Bering | (eine) | (die) | Bering | (die) | Berings |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Berings, Bering1 | (einer) | (der) | Bering | (der) | Berings |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Bering | (einer) | (der) | Bering | (den) | Berings |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Bering | (eine) | (die) | Bering | (die) | Berings |
1With an article.