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Berg

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See also: berg, Berğ, and Bërg

English

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Etymology

From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning hill or 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.
    3. A municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden.
  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 712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

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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

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, North Brabant, Netherlands
  6. a surname

Derived terms

References

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Berg and/or German Berg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈberk/, [ˈbe̞rk]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbæ.ri/, [ˈbæ.ri]
  • Rhymes: -erk, -æri
  • Syllabification(key): Berg, Be‧rg
  • Hyphenation(key): Berg, Be‧rg

Proper noun

Berg

  1. a surname from Swedish or German

Declension

Written, although does not match the pronunciation /ˈbæ.ri/:

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Berg is the 284th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,746 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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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, German Low German Barg, Berg, 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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  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁk

Noun

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

  1. a mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of Berg [masculine, strong]
More information singular, plural ...

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived 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)

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Icelandic

Proper noun

Berg m (proper noun, genitive singular Bergs)

  1. a male given name

Declension

More information indefinite singular, nominative ...

Norwegian

Proper noun

Berg

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

Swedish

Etymology

From berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Berg c (genitive Bergs)

  1. a surname

See also

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