Finsteraarhorn

American  

[fin-ster-ahr-hawrn] / ˌfɪn stərˈɑr hɔrn /

noun

1. a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4,275 meters).

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Finsteraarhorn British  

/ ˌfɪnstərˈaːrhɔrn /

noun

1. a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak in the Bernese Alps. Height: 4274 m (14 022 ft)

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Example Sentences

Such was the Alpine exploit performed in one day last week by Prince Chichibu, second son of the Mikado of Japan, first Alpinist to scale either the Finsteraarhorn or the Schreckhorn this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up the Finsteraarhorn, 14,026 ft., the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind was the Bernese Oberland governed by the Finsteraarhorn, and then the Simplon and St. Gothard groups; the Disgrazia and the Orteler.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

We crossed it, and reached the base of the Finsteraarhorn, ascended the mountain a little way, and at six o'clock paused to lighten our burdens and to refresh ourselves.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

We once caught a sight of the topmost pinnacle of the Finsteraarhorn; beside it was the Rothhorn, and near this again the Oberaarhorn, with the Viescher glacier streaming from its shoulders.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John