Berg
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Berg or Norwegian berg, either term meaning "hill/mountain".
Proper noun edit
Berg
- A place name, notably of:
- A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
- A municipality of Troms, Norway.
- A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Berg is the 712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
- (Valkenburg aan de Geul) First attested as berga in 1139. Derived from the dative singular form of berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Belgium) Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Eijsden-Margraten) Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Peel en Maas) First attested as Berg in 1936. Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Berg in 1794. Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
The surname derives from the toponym or from one of the senses of berg.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Berg
- A village in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Maaseik, Belgium.
- A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Cranendonck, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- a surname
Derived terms edit
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German bërc, from Old High German berg, itself from Proto-West Germanic *berg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.
Compare Dutch berg, Low German Barg, Biärg, West Frisian berch, English berry, barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bɛrk/, /bɛɐ̯k/ (Germany, preferred in formal language)
- IPA(key): /b̥ɛrɡ̊/ (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian)
- IPA(key): /bɛrç/, /bɛɐ̯ç/ (Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Lower Bavaria)
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Noun edit
Berg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)
Declension edit
Declension of Berg [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Proper noun edit
Berg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)
- a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg
Proper noun edit
Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)
- Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)
- Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)
- Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)
- Berg (a municipality of Troms, Norway)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Berg (Geländeerhebung, Gebirge)” in Duden online
- “Berg (Komponist)” in Duden online
- “Berg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Berg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Berg” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Berg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Berg”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- “Berg” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Icelandic edit
Proper noun edit
Berg m
- a male given name
Declension edit
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Berg
- A municipality of Troms, Norway
- a surname
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From berg (“mountain”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Berg c (genitive Bergs)
- a surname