berge

See also: Berge and bërgé

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Noun

berge

1. plural of berg

Dutch

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Verb

berge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bergen

French

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French berche, from Vulgar Latin *barica, possibly a Celtic word, from Proto-Celtic *barros (“point, head, peak”).

Noun

berge f (plural berges)

1. bank (of river, canal)
2. raised pavement, banked edge

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani berś.

Noun

berge f (plural berges)

1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) year
   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Veronica:

     Et moi, j'étais là, avec mes quinze berges, et je le voyais pas bouger.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “berge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gerbe, gerbé

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡə/

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• Homophone: bärge

Verb

berge

1. inflection of bergen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

Noun

berge

1. 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)

1. to rescue, save, salvage

Derived terms

• berging

References

• “berge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• berga

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)

1. to rescue, save, salvage

Derived terms

• berging

References

• “berge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• berie, beriġe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈber.je/, [ˈberˠ.je]

Noun

berġe f

1. berry

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	berġe	berġan
accusative	berġan	berġan
genitive	berġan	berġena
dative	berġan	berġum

Derived terms

• brǣmelberġe (“blackberry”)
• eleberġe (“olive”)
• hǣþberġe (“blueberry”)
• hindberġe (“raspberry”)
• īwberġe (“yew berry”)
• mōrberġe (“mulberry”)
• strēawberġe (“strawberry”)
• wīnberġe (“grape”)

Descendants

• Middle English: berye, berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye
  • English: berry
  • Scots: berie, bery, berrie, berry
  • ⇒ Yola: kraanberry