Berg

English

Etymology

From German Berg or Norwegian berg, either term meaning "hill/mountain".

Proper noun

Berg

1. A place name, notably of:
   1. A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
   2. A municipality of Troms, Norway.
2. A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berg is the 712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Greb, gerb

Dutch

Etymology

• (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

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• IPA^(key): /bɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Berg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx
• Homophone: berg

Proper noun

Berg

1. A village in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Maaseik, Belgium.
3. A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
4. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
5. A hamlet in Cranendonck, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
6. a surname

Derived terms

• Bergenaar
• Bergs
• Berg en Terblijt

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

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

• 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

Berg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)

1. a mountain, hill

Declension

Derived terms

• bergig, berglos (adjective)
• bergab, bergauf (adverb)

Related terms

Proper noun

Berg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)

1. a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg

Proper noun

Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)

1. Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)
3. Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)
4. Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
5. Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)
6. Berg (a municipality of Troms, Norway)

Related terms

• Bergisches Land, (das) Bergische

Further reading

• “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

Proper noun

Berg m

1. a male given name

Declension

Norwegian

Proper noun

Berg

1. A municipality of Troms, Norway
2. a surname

Swedish

Etymology

From berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Berg c (genitive Bergs)

1. a surname

See also

• Fjäll