Berliner

¹

[ bur-luh-ner ]

noun

1. Emile, 1851–1929, U.S. inventor, born in Germany.

Berliner

²

[ bur-lin-er ]

noun

1. a native or resident of Berlin, Germany.

Berliner

/ bɜːˈlɪnə /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Berlin
2. a newspaper having a format between that of a broadsheet and a tabloid, approximately 18.5 inches by 12.4 inches (47 x 31.5 centimetres)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Berliner¹

First recorded in 1855–60; Berlin + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Berliner¹

C20: (for sense 2) this format was first adopted by Berlin newspapers

Example Sentences

Like Berliner Weiss, these beers are unfiltered and slightly opaque.

From The Daily Beast

And then she tasted the Fritz Briem Berliner Weisse 1809, and everything changed.

From The Daily Beast

I ordered the same beer she had, and for the next two hours, we drank this refreshing brew: Fritz Briem Berliner Weisse “1809.”

From The Daily Beast

Another, Marlene Berliner, said that she was still “very confused.”

From The Daily Beast

But there are moments when one feels as though Strauss's heroine were not even a Berliner, or of the upper middle class.

From Project Gutenberg

Berliner, as a poor German youth of nineteen, had landed in Castle Garden in 1870 to seek his fortune.

From Project Gutenberg

The first notable improvement upon Bell's invention was the making of the transmitter, in 1877, by Emile Berliner.

From Project Gutenberg

Later the Bell Company bought Berliner's patent and took up his side of the case.

From Project Gutenberg

The window of this room, which is known as a Berliner Zimmer, is always in one corner and lights it insufficiently.

From Project Gutenberg