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See also: Berg, Berğ, and Bërg

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of iceberg.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

  1. 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.

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"‎, 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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Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

  1. mountain
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: berg

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.
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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

berg n (singular definite berget, plural indefinite berge)

  1. (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 the man drive through crackling fires into the open mountain, which stood over him like a gate.

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: berg

Dutch

Pronunciation

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)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. (figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus
Derived terms
general
toponyms
figurative
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

berg

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

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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse berg.

Pronunciation

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice
  3. mountain
  4. 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

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Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch berch.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

berg m

  1. (geography) mountain, hill (refers to any elevated terrain)
  2. (figuratively) pile, heap
  3. (in the plural) mountain range
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

berg m

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

berg

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

  1. protection, shelter
  2. guardian, watchman

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

berg

  1. imperative of berge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛrɡ/, , ,
  • (South Eastern Norway) IPA(key): /bɛrj/,

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Doublet of bjørg, from Old Norse bjǫrg.

Noun

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

  1. help, saving, salvation
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Male given names:

Female given names:

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of berg
Singular Plural
nominative berg berga
accusative berg berga
genitive bergas berge, -o
dative bergo bergon

Descendants

Further reading

  • “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

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

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergą, *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice

Declension

  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

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

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 — —


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Romanian

Adjective

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

  1. Obsolete form of berc.

Declension

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

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

berg n

  1. a mountain
    De besteg berget
    They climbed the mountain
  2. rock, bedrock
    Man har borrat genom berget i jakt på rikedom
    People have drilled through the rock in search of riches
    eld i berget!
    warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine
  3. a mountain, a very large heap or pile
    ett berg av 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

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References

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