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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Noun
berge
- plural of berg
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
berge
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bergen
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French berche, from Vulgar Latin *barica, possibly a Celtic word, from Proto-Celtic *barros (“point, head, peak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
berge f (plural berges)
- bank (of river, canal)
- raised pavement, banked edge
- (slang) year
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
berge
- inflection of bergen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle English
Noun
berge
- Alternative form of barge
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bjarga (“salvage, bring to shore”).
Verb
berge (imperative berg, present tense berger, passive berges, simple past and past participle berga or berget, present participle bergende)
- to rescue, save, salvage
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse bjarga.
Verb
berge (present tense bergar, past tense berga, past participle berga, passive infinitive bergast, present participle bergande, imperative berge/berg)
- to rescue, save, salvage
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi.
Pronunciation
Noun
berġe f
- berry
Declension
Declension of berġe (weak)
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