Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at birne.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Birne.
Examples
-
His apartment was situated on the top floor the cheapest one, in pre - elevator days but he usually received friends and acquaintances at a nearby, no longer extant coffeehouse, Zur goldenen Birne (By the Golden Pear), where he spent many an afternoon.
'The Ninth' 2010
-
Biren: Birne, pears: Schmid, bir, plural biren or birn. bishar: bisher, until now.
-
"Birne, zur goldnen," an eating-house in the Landstrasse, Vienna.
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866
-
The person whose address Schaunard took was an Englishman, named Birne.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Henry Murger 1841
-
David Birne, an insolvency partner at accountants HW Fisher, said: The spasm of looting which briefly convulsed several British cities at the start of August had led many to fear the worst from these figures.
-
"Birne, zur goldnen," an eating-house in the Landstrasse, Vienna.
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798
-
"Anyone who thinks the private sector can take up the slack from the public sector is out of touch with what's happening on the ground," Birne said.
The Guardian World News Graeme Wearden 2010
-
"Ralph," said the old man, "and why not add Birne to Ralph? that makes
Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
-
At twelve o'clock to-day “in die Birne” [an inn on the Landstrasse] ” thirsty and hungry ” then to the coffee-house, back again here, and straight to Penzing, or I shall lose the lodging.
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866
-
At twelve o'clock to-day "in die Birne" [an inn on the
Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.