Bærum

English Alternative forms en Baerum Proper noun en municipality in co:suf/Akershus c/Norway previously in co/Viken. Anagrams en abemru Baumer umbræ umbrae Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|Kolsås in Bærum. Etymology nb ine-pro *bʰerǵʰ- The place name continues nb non Bergeimr, a compound of non berg rock, hill and non heimr home, settlement, district. Medieval records include the dative form non Bergeimi in 1335; later historical spellings include Bergum. Rygh considers its use as a district name original or very old; a particular farm from which the district took its name has not been securely identified.Oluf Rygh 1898 Norske Gaardnavne 2: Akershus amt 128–129 https://runeberg.org/ngardnavne/2/0142.html The components descend through nb gmq-pro - from nb gem-pro *bergą rock, mountain and nb gem-pro *haimaz home, settlement, respectively.Vladimir Orel 2003 A Handbook of Germanic Etymology Brill 42, 152 9789004128750 The first ultimately reflects nb ine-pro *bʰerǵʰ- high; to rise; the second is commonly connected with ine-pro *ḱey- to lie down.Gerhard Köbler bergaz Germanisches Wörterbuch https://www.koeblergerhard.de/germ/germ_b.html 2026-09-25, entries *bergaz and *haimaz. Compare the parallel place-name formation de Bergheim.Bergheim https://ortsnamen-in-hessen.de/index.php?catid=35&id=2314:bergheim-2314&view=article Alte Namen in Hessen 2026-09-25 Pronunciation nb /²bæː.rʉm/ [ˈbæ̂ː.ɾʉm]NST uttaleleksikon for bokmål https://www.nb.no/sprakbanken/ressurskatalog/oai-nb-no-sbr-23/ Språkbanken Nasjonalbiblioteket 2026-09-25 nb æːrʉm 2 nb Bæ rum Proper noun nb proper noun Bærum; nb municipality co/Akershus c/Norway 1, west of Oslo, with Sandvika as its administrative centre. nb Hun bor i Bærum og jobber i Oslo. She lives in Bærum and works in Oslo. nb 2026-03-05 Geir Thorsnæs Svein Askheim Bærum https://snl.no/Bærum Store norske leksikon Bærum er en kommune i Akershus fylke. Bærum is a municipality in Akershus county. https://web.archive.org/web/20260928092424/https://snl.no/B%C3%A6rum 28 September 2026 nbNavnestatistikken https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/navn/statistikk/navn Statistisk sentralbyrå 2026-09-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20261010123057/https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/navn/statistikk/navn 10 October 2026 Name search for Bærum.; probably of habitational origin, from the place named Bærum. nb Etternavnet hennes er Bærum. Her surname is Bærum. Usage notes The usual locative expression is i Bærum (“in Bærum”). Derived terms nb 2 bæring<t:a native or resident of Bærum> Statistics Statistics Norway's name search listed 21 people with the surname Bærum when accessed on 25 September 2026. References “bæring” in Bokmålsordboka. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn municipality co/Akershus c/Norway