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Revision as of 10:40, 18 December 2023
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Etymology 1
Noun
berg (plural bergs)
- 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.
Noun
berg (plural bergs)
- (chiefly South Africa) mountain
- 2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe"[1], 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 ...
Related terms
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
Noun
berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: berg
Etymology 2
Verb
berg (present berg, present participle bergende, past participle geberg)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Norwegian berg, from Old Norse berg. Also from German Berg.
Noun
berg n (singular definite berget, plural indefinite berge)
- (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)
- mountain, hill
- (figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus
Derived terms
(mountain-related):
- bergachtig
- bergaf
- bergafwaarts
- bergbeekeend
- bergbeklimmer
- bergbewoner
- bergdorp
- bergeend
- bergfort
- berggeest
- berggeit
- berggod
- berggodin
- berghelling
- berghoen
- bergijs
- bergketen
- bergklassement
- bergkraai
- bergkristal
- bergleeuw
- berglijster
- berglook
- bergman
- bergnimf
- bergop
- bergopwaarts
- bergpad
- bergpas
- bergreeks
- bergreus
- bergrijst
- bergrit
- bergrug
- bergstof
- bergstok
- bergteer
- bergtop
- bergvesting
- bergvrede
- bergvrouw
- bergweide
- bergwerker
- bergzout
- gebergte
- steenberg
- tafelberg
- wijnberg
(toponyms):
- Aan de Berg
- Aan de Bergen
- Aasterberg
- Achterberg
- Albergen
- Alsemberg
- Beekbergen
- Belsberg
- Benedenberg
- Berg
- Berg aan de Maas
- Berg en Dal
- Bergakker
- Bergambacht
- Bergeijk
- Bergen
- Bergen aan Zee
- Bergen op Zoom
- Bergendries
- Bergenhuizen
- Bergerden
- Bergharen
- Berghem
- Berghof
- Berghuizen
- Beusbergen
- Beuseberg
- Blankenberge
- Blauberg
- Blekkenberg
- Bloemberg
- Bolberg
- Bolderberg
- Bolenberg
- Bouwberg
- Boxbergheide
- Braamberg
- Caberg
- Destelbergen
- Dolberg
- Driebergen-Rijsenburg
- Duinbergen
- Eibergen
- Emmaberg
- Engsbergen
- Ertsberg
- Etsberg
- Everberg
- Fluitenberg
- Frezenberg
- Fromberg
- Galgenberg
- Geertruidenberg
- Genenberg
- Geraardsbergen
- Gerkenberg
- Gramsbergen
- Grasberg
- Grembergen
- Grevenberg
- Grimbergen
- Grotenberge
- Haaksbergen
- Hardenberg
- Hasseberg
- Havelterberg
- Heeserbergen
- Heist-op-den-Berg
- Hertsberge
- Homberg
- Houwenberg
- Huijbergen
- Huldenberg
- Hulsberg
- Hussenberg
- Kaffeberg
- Kalenberg
- Katsberg
- Keerbergen
- Keiberg
- Keutenberg
- Kleeberg
- Kluisbergen
- Kortenberg
- Kosberg
- Kreitsberg
- Kronenberg
- Kruisberg
- Kukkelberg
- Kunderberg
- Ledeberg
- Lemberge
- Loksbergen
- Luttenberg
- Maarsbergen
- Mariënberg
- Molsberg
- Muiderberg
- Nederhorst den Berg
- Oombergen
- Oomsberg
- Oudsbergen
- Overberg
- Pellenberg
- Pottelberg
- Pottenberg
- Ransberg
- Rijsbergen
- 's-Heerenberg
- Schaarsbergen
- Schaesberg
- Schilberg
- Schurenberg
- Schweiberg
- Senselberg
- Sint Odiliënberg
- Sint-Amandsberg
- Sint-Jansberg
- Sint-Winoksbergen
- Snauwenberg
- Snijdersberg
- Soesterberg
- Spiesberg
- Stadenberg
- Steenbergen
- Struikberg
- Tempelberg
- Tubbergen
- Ubachsberg
- Ubbergen
- Uitbergen
- Vaalserberg
- Vosseberg
- Wagenberg
- Wamberg
- Wauberg
- Welberg
- Woudenberg
- Zandberg
- Zandbergen
- Zeelberg
- Zeilberg
- Zevenbergen
- Zilverberg
- Zwartberg
(figurative):
Descendants
- Afrikaans: berg
- → English: 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
- inflection of bergen:
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.
Noun
berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)
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 |
Related terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)
Declension
Derived terms
- af erlendu bergi brotinn
- bergá
- bergásýnd
- bergbuna
- bergblóm
- bergbuna
- bergbursti
- bergbúi
- bergbrún
- bergbringur
- bergdanir
- bergtegund
- bergtekinn
- bergtjara
- bergtindur
- bergtollur
- bergtröll
- standberg
- völuberg
Limburgish
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch berch.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
berg m
- (geography) mountain, hill Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "refers to any elevated terrain" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- (figuratively) pile, heap
- (in the plural) mountain range
Declension
Singular | Plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root | Mutation | Diminutive | Diminutive Mutation | Root | Mutation | Diminutive | Diminutive Mutation | |
Nominative | berg | perg | bergske | pergske | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Genitive | bergs | pergs | bergskes | pergskes | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Locative | berges | perges | bergeske | pergeske | bergese | pergese | bergeskes | pergeskes |
Dative | bergem (archaic) | pergem (archaic) | bergskem (archaic) | pergskem (archaic) | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Accusative | berge (archaic) | perge (archaic) | bergske | pergske | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
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
- (some dialects, including Maastrichtian, Sittard, Valkenburg) a castrated pig, swine
Declension
Singular | Plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root | Mutation | Diminutive | Diminutive Mutation | Root | Mutation | Diminutive | Diminutive Mutation | |
Nominative | berg | perg | bergske | pergske | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Genitive | bergs | pergs | bergskes | pergskes | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Locative | berges | perges | bergeske | pergeske | bergese | pergese | bergeskes | pergeskes |
Dative | bergem (archaic) | pergem (archaic) | bergskem (archaic) | pergskem (archaic) | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Accusative | berge (archaic) | perge (archaic) | bergske | pergske | berg | perg | bergskes | pergskes |
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
berg
- nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of berg
- (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
References
- “berg, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
Norwegian Bokmål
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
berg
- imperative of berge
References
- “berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛrɡ/, [bærɡ], [bæɾˠɡ], [bæɾɡ]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Eastern Norway" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Doublet of bjørg, from Old Norse bjǫrg.
Noun
berg f (definite singular berga, indefinite plural berger, definite plural bergene)
Related terms
Male given names:
Female given names:
References
- “berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *berg.
Noun
berg m
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: berch
Further reading
- “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *berg.
Noun
berg m (plural berga)
Declension
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
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: berg, bjarg
- Faroese: berg, bjarg, bjørg
- Norwegian: berg
- Elfdalian: bjärr, bjärg-, bjärgs-, bjärrs-
- Old Swedish: biærgh, bærgh
- Swedish: berg
- Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh
- Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr
- → Scots: berg
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[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *berg.
Noun
berg m
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | berg | bergos |
accusative | berg | bergos |
genitive | berges | bergō |
dative | berge | bergum |
instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
Romanian
Adjective
berg m or n (feminine singular bergă, masculine plural bergi, feminine and neuter plural berge)
Declension
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
- a mountain
- De besteg berget
- They climbed the mountain
- 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
- 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 |
Derived terms
- berg-och-dal-bana
- bergakung
- bergart
- bergbana
- bergbestigare
- bergbestigning
- bergborr
- bergborrning
- bergbrant
- bergbäck
- bergfast
- bergfink
- bergformation
- berggrund
- berggylta
- berghylla
- berghäll
- bergig
- bergighet
- bergis
- bergkam
- bergknalle
- bergkristall
- berglager
- berglandskap
- berglärka
- bergmassiv
- bergmästare
- bergochdalbana
- bergolja
- bergplatå
- bergras
- bergrum
- bergrygg
- bergsbestigare
- bergsbestigning
- bergsbo
- bergsbrant
- bergsbruk
- bergsby
- bergsbäck
- bergsfolk
- bergsformation
- bergsgorilla
- bergshantering
- bergshylla
- bergshöjd
- bergsida
- bergsingenjör
- bergsjö
- bergskam
- bergskedja
- bergsklyfta
- bergsklättrare
- bergsklättring
- bergsknalle
- bergskreva
- bergskrön
- bergslag
- bergslandskap
- bergslejon
- bergsluttning
- bergsman
- bergsmassiv
- bergsområde
- bergspass
- bergsplatå
- bergspredikan
- bergspring
- bergsprängare
- bergsprängning
- bergsrygg
- bergsråd
- bergssal
- bergssida
- bergsskreva
- bergssluttning
- bergsstaten
- bergstopp
- bergstrakt
- bergsträckning
- bergsvetenskap
- bergsväg
- bergsvägg
- bergsäker
- bergtagen
- bergtall
- bergtopp
- bergtorsk
- bergtroll
- bergtunga
- bergtäkt
- berguv
- bergvägg
- bergvärme
- bergås
- fläskberg
- fågelberg
- ostberg
- sitta som berget
- smörberg
- urberg
References
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- Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch
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