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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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

  1. (chiefly South Africa) A 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • bergloon
  • bergplek

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 [saw] 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
figurative
plant and animal names
toponyms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: berg
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: berki
  • Jersey Dutch: bêrix
  • Negerhollands: berg, bergi
  • → Aukan: beligi
  • → Sranan Tongo: bergi
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bérgi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

berg

  1. 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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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

More information n3, singular ...
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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

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch berch.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

berg m

  1. (geography) mountain, hill (refers to any elevated terrain)
  2. (figuratively) pile, heap
  3. (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

Pronunciation

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

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

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

Noun

berg

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

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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)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

berg

  1. imperative of berge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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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)

  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

Male given names:

Female given names:

References

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of berg (masculine a-stem noun)
More information case, singular ...

Descendants

Further reading

  • “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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Old English

Noun

berg m

  1. alternative form of bearg

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m (plural berga)

  1. mountain, hill

Declension

More information case, singular ...

Descendants

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergą, *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice

Declension

More information neuter, singular ...

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
  • Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh
    • Scanian: bjærğ
    • Danish: bjerg
  • Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr
  • → Scots: berg

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “berg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

Romanian

Adjective

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

  1. obsolete form of berc

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

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

Swedish

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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

  1. a mountain
    De besteg berget
    They climbed the mountain
  2. (figuratively) a mountain (very large heap, pile, or amount more generally)
    ett berg av papper
    a mountain of paper
  3. 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

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

See also

References

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