Baarn

English

Proper noun

Baarn

  1. A municipality and town in Utrecht province, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as barne in 1308. The toponym is cognate to Middle Dutch bernen (“burn”) and berne (“fuel”).

Popular etymology holds that the city is named after Verona, but this origin story of the name is not backed up by the oldest attestations of the toponym.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baːrn/, /ˈbaː.rən/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Baarn
  • Rhymes: -aːrn

Proper noun

Baarn n

  1. A city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Het Groene Graf (nickname)
    Meronyms: Eembrugge, Lage Vuursche, Soestdijk

Derived terms
  • Baarnaar, Barinees
  • Baarns

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “baarn”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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