berg
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːɡ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɝɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of iceberg.
NounEdit
berg (plural bergs)
- 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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow.
NounEdit
berg (plural bergs)
- (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
NounEdit
berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → English: berg
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
berg (present berg, present participle bergende, past participle geberg)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.
NounEdit
berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)
Derived termsEdit
(actually mountain-related):
- bergachtig
- bergaf
- bergafwaarts
- bergbeklimmer
- bergbewoner
- bergdorp
- bergeend
- Bergen
- Berg en Dal
- Bergen op Zoom
- bergfort
- berggeest
- berggeit
- berggod
- berggodin
- berghelling
- berghoen
- bergijs
- bergketen
- bergklassement
- bergkristal
- bergleeuw
- berglijster
- berglook
- bergman
- bergnimf
- bergop
- bergopwaarts
- bergpad
- bergpas
- bergreeks
- bergreus
- bergrijst
- bergrit
- bergrug
- bergstof
- bergstok
- bergteer
- bergtop
- bergvesting
- bergvrede
- bergvrouw
- bergweide
- bergwerker
- bergzout
- Ertsberg
- gebergte
- Grasberg
- steenberg
- tafelberg
- Tempelberg
- Vaalserberg
- wijnberg
(figurative):
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
berg
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.
NounEdit
berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)
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
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
LimburgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-..
NounEdit
berg m
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
ReferencesEdit
- “berg, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Related to berge (“rescue, bring to shore/land”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga or bergene)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
berg
- imperative of berge
ReferencesEdit
- “berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *berg
NounEdit
berg m
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek[2], 2012
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *berg
NounEdit
berg m (plural berga)
DeclensionEdit
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
DescendantsEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
- berg in Geir T. Zoëga, A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910
- Zoëga, Geir T., A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *berg
NounEdit
berg m
DeclensionEdit
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
- mountain
- 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
- man har borrat genom berget, för att finna rikedom
- a mountain, a very large heap
- Ett berg med papper
- A mountain of paper
- Ett berg med papper
DeclensionEdit
Declension of berg | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | berg | berget | berg | bergen |
Genitive | bergs | bergets | bergs | bergens |
Related termsEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
NounEdit
berg
- Alternative spelling of bärg