Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bayern

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: bay-ern
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Bayern Munich (a German football club based in Munich).

name

Bavaria, a state in Germany.

Etymology

Clipping of Bayern Munich from German Bayern (“Bavaria”) (clipping of Bayern München).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Bayern

Questions

What does bayern mean?: Bayern Munich (a German football club based in Munich).
Where does bayern come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce bayern

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