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berg

See also: Berg, Berğ, and Bërg

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Clipping of iceberg.

NounEdit

berg (plural bergs)

  1. An iceberg.
    • 1997, Rugh, David J.; Kim E.W. Shelden, “Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 59, number 1, page 1:
      The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow.

NounEdit

berg (plural bergs)

  1. (chiefly South Africa) mountain
    • 2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe"‎[1], American Editions, →ISBN, page 46:
      There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ...

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AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch berg.

NounEdit

berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

  1. mountain
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • → English: berg

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch bergen.

VerbEdit

berg (present berg, present participle bergende, past participle geberg)

  1. To salvage, usually cargo from a ship.
  2. To store; to stash; to put away.
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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

NounEdit

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. (figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus
Derived termsEdit

(actually mountain-related):

(toponyms):

(figurative):

DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

berg

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bergen
  2. imperative of bergen

FaroeseEdit

 

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

NounEdit

berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)

  1. cliff, cliff face

DeclensionEdit

Declension of berg
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative berg bergið berg bergini
accusative berg bergið berg bergini
dative bergi berginum bergum bergunum
genitive bergs bergsins berga berganna

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IcelandicEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse berg

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

  1. rock face

DeclensionEdit

declension of berg
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative berg bergið berg bergin
accusative berg bergið berg bergin
dative bergi berginu bergum bergunum
genitive bergs bergsins berga berganna

Derived termsEdit

LimburgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch berch

NounEdit

berg m

  1. (geography) mountain

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English ġebeorg (unprefixed beorg is found in compounds; compare scūrbeorg (“roof, shelter from the storm”)), from beorgan (“to shelter, protect”).

NounEdit

berg

  1. protection, shelter
  2. guardian, watchman

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Related to berge (“rescue, bring to shore/land”)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bɛɾɡ/, [bæɾɡ]

NounEdit

berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga or bergene)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

berg

  1. imperative of berge

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *berg

NounEdit

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *berg

NounEdit

berg m (plural berga)

  1. mountain, hill

DeclensionEdit

Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative berg berga
accusative berg berga
genitive berges bergo
dative berge bergum
instrumental bergu —

DescendantsEdit

Old NorseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

NounEdit

berg n

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of berg (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative berg bergit berg bergin
accusative berg bergit berg bergin
dative bergi berginu bergum bergunum
genitive bergs bergsins berga berganna

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • berg in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old SaxonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *berg

NounEdit

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

DeclensionEdit

Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative berg bergos
accusative berg bergos
genitive berges bergō
dative berge bergum
instrumental — —


DescendantsEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

berg n

  1. mountain
  2. bedrock, mine
    man har borrat genom berget, för att finna rikedom
    they have drilled through the bedrock, hoping to find wealth
    eld i berget!
    warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine
  3. a mountain, a very large heap
    Ett berg med papper
    A mountain of paper

DeclensionEdit

Declension of berg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative berg berget berg bergen
Genitive bergs bergets bergs bergens

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WestrobothnianEdit

NounEdit

berg n

  1. Alternative spelling of bärg
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