berner
French, verb/bɛʁ.ne/
berner is spelled B-E-R-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berner is a French verb meaning “to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire sauter quelqu'un sur une couverture par plaisanterie ou brimade (faire subir à quelqu’un la…”.
What does berner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trick, to fool, to take in, to run circles around, to hoodwink
Il s'est fait complètement berner.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire sauter quelqu'un sur une couverture par plaisanterie ou brimade (faire subir à quelqu’un la plaisanterie de la berne). 2. Tourner quelqu’un en ridicule. 3. Induire en erreur quelqu’un en usant de ruse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of berner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- bernant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- berné participle past
- berne first-person indicative present
- bernes indicative present second-person
- bernons first-person indicative plural
- bernez indicative plural present
- bernent indicative plural present
- bernais first-person imperfect indicative
- bernait imperfect indicative singular
- bernions first-person imperfect indicative
- berniez imperfect indicative plural
- bernaient imperfect indicative plural
- bernai first-person historic indicative
- bernas historic indicative past
- berna historic indicative past
- bernâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berner?
- /bɛʁ.ne/
- \bɛʁ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to berner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is berner in French?
berner appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).