Biber

biber bīber English Biber (Danube) Proper noun 1 A right tributary of the Danube river in Bavaria, Germany. German Alternative forms de Bieber surname otherwise obsolete Etymology From de gmh biber, from de goh bibar, bibur, from de gmw-pro *bebru, from de gem-pro *bebruz beaver, from de ine-pro *bʰébʰrus. The spelling with ⟨i⟩ instead of ⟨ie⟩ is unusual. de Biber is perhaps the only inherited Germanic word in which /iː/ is spelt ⟨i⟩ without there being a special reason for this (e.g. homophone disambiguation as in de Lid, word-initial position as in de Igel, function-word character as in de mir). Pronunciation de /ˈbiːbər/ [ˈbiː.bɐ] de De-Biber.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Bi ber Noun m,s,- chen + beaver Declension m,s,- Proper noun m:f,s:-[with an article],s:- de Bieber Declension surname Further reading Biber_Nagetier_Biberpelz de Rodents Luxembourgish Alternative forms lb Biwer Biwwer both _ obsolete Etymology lb de Biber, displacing the native forms above. Pronunciation lb [ˈbiːbɐ] Noun m Biber beaver lb Rodents