berg

See also: Berg, Berğ, and Bërg

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɜːɡ/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /bɝɡ/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

Etymology 1

Clipping of iceberg.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

An iceberg.
- 1997, David J. Rugh with 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 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.

Noun

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"‎, 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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Anagrams

Greb, gerb

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Etymology 1

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

mountain

Derived terms

bergreeks

Descendants

→ English: berg

Etymology 2

From Dutch bergen.

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

bêre

Derived terms

bergloon
bergplek

Etymology

From Norwegian berg, from Old Norse berg. Also from German Berg.

Noun

berg n (singular definite berget, plural indefinite berge)

(chiefly Norway) alternative form of bjerg (“mountain, hill”)
- 1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, edited by Moltke Moe, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 185:
  han [så] manden […] kjøre gjennom bragende ildsluer ind i det åbne berget, der stod over ham som en port.
  he [saw] the man […] drive through crackling fires into the open mountain, which stood over him like a gate.

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål: berg

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛrx/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: berg
Rhymes: -ɛrx

Etymology 1

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

Noun

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

mountain, hill
(figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus

Derived terms

general

figurative

toponyms

Descendants

Afrikaans: berg
- → English: berg
Berbice Creole Dutch: berki
Jersey Dutch: bêrix
Negerhollands: berg, bergi
- → Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi
→ Aukan: beligi
→ Sranan Tongo: bergi
- → Caribbean Javanese: bérgi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

berg

inflection of bergen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

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Etymology

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

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)

cliff, cliff face

Declension

More information n3, singular ...

n3	singular		plural
n3	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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Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

berg

Wikipedia ^is

Etymology

From Old Norse berg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛrk/
Rhymes: -ɛrk

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	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

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Declension of berg (neuter)

Derived terms

af erlendu bergi brotinn
bergá
bergásýnd
bergbuna
bergblóm
bergbuna
bergbursti
bergbúi
bergbrún
bergbringur
bergdanir
bergtegund
bergtekinn
bergtjara
bergtindur
bergtollur
bergtröll
standberg
völuberg

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch berch.

Alternative forms

Berg, bérg, bärg (alternative spellings)
Bärrech (Eupen)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæ˨.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˨.ʀəç]
Hyphenation: berg
Rhymes: -æʀəç

Noun

berg m

(geography) mountain, hill (refers to any elevated terrain)
(figuratively) pile, heap
(in the plural) mountain range

Derived terms

bergaaf
bergavesj
bergbeklömmer
bergboom
bergdörp
bergechteg
bergfort
berggeet
bergies
bergkrèstal
bergliew
bergloope
bergop
bergpaad
bergreveer
bergrippubliek
bergrögk
bergspleet
bergsport
bergstèlsel
bergwaeg
bergwand
bergwei
sjteeberg
wiengberg

Etymology 2

From earlier barg (with an umlaut on the root vowel). From Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz.

Alternative forms

Berg, bérg, bärg (alternative spellings)
bèrg (Voeren, and other dialects)
barg (Roermond)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæ˧.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˧.ʀəç]
Hyphenation: berg
Rhymes: -æʀəç

Noun

berg m

(some dialects, including Maastrichtian, Sittard, Valkenburg) a castrated pig, swine

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæ˦.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˦.ʀəç]
Hyphenation: berg
Rhymes: -æʀəç

Noun

berg

nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of berg
(archaic) accusative singular of berg

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Alternative forms

berȝ, berȝe

Etymology

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

Noun

berg

protection, shelter
guardian, watchman

References

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

berg

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛɾɡ/, [bæɾɡ]

Noun

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

mountain, hill
rock

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

berg

imperative of berge

References

“berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

berg

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛrɡ/, [bærɡ], [bæɾˠɡ], [bæɾɡ]
(South Eastern Norway) IPA^(key): /bɛrj/, [bæɾj]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

mountain, hill
rock

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Doublet of bjørg, from Old Norse bjǫrg.

Noun

berg f (definite singular berga, indefinite plural berger, definite plural bergene)

help, saving, salvation

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Male given names:

Arnberg
Audberg
Berg
Berge
Bergfinn
Bergleiv
Bergljot
Bergmund
Bergolv, Bergulv
Bergstein
Bergsvein
Bergtor
Bergvid
Finnberg
Gudberg
Hallberg
Hildeberg
Holmberg
Ingeberg
Kjellberg
Oddberg
Sigberg
Solberg
Steinberg
Svanberg
Sveinberg
Sæberg
Torberg
Valberg
Vigberg
Vilberg
Åsberg

Female given names:

Bergdis
Bergfrid
Berghild
Berglaug
Bergljot
Bergny
Bergrun
Bergtora
Bergtrud
Bergveig
Bergøy

References

“berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m

mountain, hill

Declension

More information case, singular ...

case	singular	plural
nominative	berg	berga
accusative	berg	berga
genitive	berges	bergo
dative	berge	bergon

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Declension of berg (masculine a-stem noun)

Descendants

Middle Dutch: berch
- Dutch: berg
  - Afrikaans: berg
    - → English: berg
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: berki
  - Jersey Dutch: bêrix
  - Negerhollands: berg, bergi
    - → Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi
  - → Aukan: beligi
  - → Sranan Tongo: bergi
    - → Caribbean Javanese: bérgi
- Limburgish: berg

Noun

berg m

Alternative form of bearg

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m (plural berga)

mountain, hill

Declension

More information case, singular ...

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

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Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)

Descendants

Middle High German: bërc
- Alemannic German: Bäärg, Bärg, Bèèrg, Bërg
- Bavarian:
  Cimbrian: pèrge
  
  Mòcheno: pèrg
- Central Franconian: Berch
  Eifel: Bersch
  
  Hunsrik: Berrich
- East Central German: Barg (Erzgebirgisch)
- German: Berg
- Luxembourgish: Bierg
- Pennsylvania German: Barig
- Yiddish: באַרג (barg)

Alternative forms

bjarg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergą, *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

rock, boulder
cliff, precipice

Declension

More information neuter, singular ...

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	berg	bergit	berg	bergin
accusative	berg	bergit	berg	bergin
dative	bergi	berginu	bergum	bergunum
genitive	bergs	bergsins	berga	berganna

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Declension of berg (strong a-stem)

Descendants

Icelandic: berg, bjarg
Faroese: berg, bjarg, bjørg
Norwegian: berg
- → Danish: berg (also from German)
  - Norwegian Bokmål: berg
Elfdalian: bjärr, bjärg-, bjärgs-, bjärrs-
Old Swedish: biærgh, bærgh
- Swedish: berg
Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh
- Scanian: bjærğ
- Danish: bjerg
  - Norwegian Bokmål: bjerg
Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr
→ 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, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Alternative forms

berag

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m

mountain, hill

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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

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Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)

Descendants

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

Adjective

berg m or n (feminine singular bergă, masculine plural bergi, feminine and neuter plural berge)

Obsolete form of berc.

Declension

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		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	berg	bergă	bergi	berge
nominative- accusative	definite	bergul	berga	bergii	bergele
genitive- dative	indefinite	berg	berge	bergi	berge
genitive- dative	definite	bergului	bergei	bergilor	bergelor

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References

berg in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

berg

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɛrj/, [bærj] (Standard Swedish; not Småland and Scania)
Audio: (file)

Noun

berg n

a mountain
De besteg berget
They climbed the mountain
(figuratively) a mountain (very large heap, pile, or amount more generally)
ett berg av papper
a mountain of paper
rock, bedrock
Man har borrat genom berget i jakt på rikedom
People have drilled through the rock in search of riches

eld i berget!
fire in the hole!
(literally, “fire in the rock!”)
warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine

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More information nominative, genitive ...

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berg	bergs
singular	definite	berget	bergets
plural	indefinite	berg	bergs
plural	definite	bergen	bergens

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Derived terms

berg-och-dal-bana
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
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
fågelberg
ostberg
sitta som berget
smörberg
urberg

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