Danish

Proper noun

Berit

1. A female given name, variant Birgitta/Birgitte.

Estonian

Proper noun

Berit

1. A female given name borrowed from Swedish Berit.

Faroese

Proper noun

Berit f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Berit: Beritarson
• daughter of Berit: Beritardóttir

Declension

Norwegian

Etymology

Contraction of Birgitte ‎(“Bridget”).

Proper noun

Berit

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• One of the most popular given names in Norway since the 17th century.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 214 females with the given name Berit living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Proper noun

Berit

1. A female given name, a dialectal variant of Birgitta.

Ladino

Noun

berit m ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ברית)

1. (Judaism) brit milah, bris

Synonyms

• brit milá ‎(ברית מילה)

Volapük

Etymology

From ber- ‎(“bunting”) +‎ -it ‎(“bird morpheme”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be.ˈɾit]

Noun

berit ‎(plural berits)

1. bunting (bird)

Declension

Hyponyms

• hiberit
• jiberit
• beritil
• beritül

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim

Derived terms

• ridaberit ‎(“reed bunting”), Emberiza schoeniclus
• yelovaberit ‎(“yellowhammer”), Emberiza citrinella