berg

See also: Berg, Berğ, and Bërg

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɜːɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɝɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

Etymology 1

Clipping of iceberg.

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• fatberg

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow.

Noun

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 ...

Related terms

• iceberg
• bergschrund
• hauberk

Anagrams

• Greb, gerb

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Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

1. mountain

Derived terms

• bergreeks

Etymology 2

From Dutch bergen.

Verb

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

Synonyms

• bêre

Derived terms

• bergloon
• bergplek

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrx/

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• Hyphenation: berg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx
• Rhymes: -ɛrx

Etymology 1

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

Noun

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

1. mountain, hill

Derived terms

• bergachtig
• bergaf
• bergafwaarts
• bergbewoner
• Bergen
• Berg en Dal
• Bergen op Zoom
• bergfort
• berggeit
• berggod
• berggodin
• berghelling
• berghoen
• bergijs
• bergketen
• bergklassement
• bergkristal
• bergleeuw
• bergman
• bergnimf
• bergop
• bergopwaarts
• bergpad
• bergpas
• bergreeks
• bergreus
• bergrijst
• bergrit
• bergrug
• bergstof
• bergstok
• bergteer
• bergtop
• bergvesting
• bergvrede
• bergvrouw
• bergweide
• bergwerker
• bergzout
• boterberg
• Ertsberg
• gebergte
• Grasberg
• hooiberg
• ijsberg
• steenberg
• tafelberg
• Tempelberg
• Vaalserberg
• vetberg
• zandberg

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: berg
• → English: berg
• → Sranan Tongo: bergi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

berg

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

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)

1. cliff, cliff face

Declension

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

Related terms

• fjall
• tindur
• brekka
• brattur

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Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛrk/
• Rhymes: -ɛrk

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

1. rock face

Declension

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 terms

• völuberg

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Limburgish

Etymology

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

Noun

berg m

1. (geography) mountain

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• berȝ, berȝe

Etymology

From Old English beorg (“shelter”).

Noun

berg

1. protection, shelter
2. guardian, watchman

Descendants

• English: bergh

References

• “berg (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. a mountain or hill
2. rock

Derived terms

Terms derived from berg

• bergart
• berggrunn
• berggylt (Ballan wrasse, fish species)

• bergmann
• bergstad

• bergvegg
• bergverk

Etymology 2

Verb

berg

1. imperative of berge

References

• “berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrɡ/

Noun

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

1. a mountain or hill
2. rock

Derived terms

Terms derived from berg

• bergart
• berggrunn

• bergmann
• bergstad

• bergvegg
• bergverk

References

• “berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: berch
  • Dutch: berg
  • Limburgish: berg

Further reading

• “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m (plural berga)

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	berg	berga
accusative	berg	berga
genitive	berges	bergo
dative	berge	bergum
instrumental	bergu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: bërc
  • Alemannic German: Bäärg, Bärg, Bèèrg, Bërg
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: pèrge

  • Central Franconian: Berch

    Eifel: Bersch

    Hunsrik: Berrich

  • East Central German:

    Erzgebirgisch: Barg

  • German: Berg
  • Luxembourgish: Bierg
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Barig

  • Yiddish: באַרג‎ (barg)
• ⇒ Old High German: giberg
  • Middle High German: gebërc
    • Vilamovian: gybiyg

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• bjarg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

1. rock, boulder
2. cliff, precipice

Descendants

• Icelandic: berg, bjarg
• Faroese: berg, bjarg, bjørg
• Norwegian: berg
• Old Swedish: biærgh, bærgh
  • Swedish: berg
• Elfdalian: bjärr
• Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh
  • Danish: bjerg
• Westrobothnian: berg, bärg, bäri
• Elfdalian: bjärr, bjärg-, bjärgs-, bjärrs-
• Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr
• Scanian: bjærğ
• → Scots: berg

References

• 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

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• berag

Etymology

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

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	berg	bergos
accusative	berg	bergos
genitive	berges	bergō
dative	berge	bergum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: berch
  • Low German: Barg
  • Plautdietsch: Boajch

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrj/

• audio

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Noun

berg n

1. a 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

Declension

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

Related terms

bergakung bergart bergbana bergbestigare bergbestigning bergborr bergborrning bergbrant bergbäck bergfast bergfink bergformation berggrund berggylta berghylla berghäll bergig bergighet bergis bergkam bergknalle bergkristall berglager berglandskap berglärka

bergmassiv bergmästare bergochdalbana berg-och-dal-bana bergolja bergplatå bergras bergrum bergrygg bergsbestigare bergsbestigning bergsbo bergsbrant bergsbruk bergsby bergsbäck bergsfolk bergsformation bergsgorilla bergshantering bergshylla bergshöjd bergsida bergsingenjör

bergsjö bergskam bergskedja bergsklyfta bergsklättrare bergsklättring bergsknalle bergskreva bergskrön bergslag bergslandskap bergslejon bergsluttning bergsman bergsmassiv bergsområde bergspass bergsplatå bergspredikan bergspring bergsprängare bergsprängning bergsrygg bergsråd

bergssal bergssida bergsskreva bergssluttning bergsstaten bergstopp bergstrakt bergsträckning bergsvetenskap bergsväg bergsvägg bergsäker bergtagen bergtall bergtopp bergtorsk bergtroll bergtunga bergtäkt berguv bergvägg bergvärme bergås fläskberg

ostberg smörberg urberg

References

• berg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Westrobothnian

Noun

berg n

1. Alternative spelling of bärg