berg

See also Berg

English

Etymology

From Middle English bergh, berg, from Old English berg, beorg (“mountain, hill”), from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ (“height”). Cognate with Dutch berg, German Berg, Swedish berg, and Russian берег (béreg).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

1. Mountain, a large mass or hill.
   • 2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe"^[1], American Editions, ISBN 9783000143571, 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 ...

2. An iceberg.
   • 1997, David J. Rugh; Kim E.W. Shelden, “Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska”, 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.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• gerb

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg (plural berge)

1. mountain

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛrx/

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Noun

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje)

1. mountain, hill

Derived terms

bergachtig bergaf bergketen bergop bergtop gebergte

Verb

berg

1. first-person singular present indicative of bergen
2. imperative of bergen

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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

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

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Icelandic

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Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)

1. a rock face

Derived terms

• völuberg

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Limburgish

Noun

berg

1. mountain

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: berg
  • Dutch: berg

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Old Norse

Noun

berg n

1. rock, boulder
2. cliff, precipice

References

• “berg” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of Declension of berg (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	berg	bergos
accusative	berg	bergos
genitive	berges	bergō
dative	berge	bergum

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: berg
  • Dutch: berg

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈbærj/

Noun

berg n

1. a mountain
2. bedrock, mine

   Man har borrat genom berget, för att finna rikedom

   They have drilled through the bedrock, hoping to find wealth (song lyrics)

   eld i berget!

   warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine

3. a mountain, a very large heap

   Ett berg med papper

   A mountain of paper

Declension

Declension of berg

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	berg	berget	berg	bergen
genitive	bergs	bergets	bergs	bergens

Related terms

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 berg-och-dal-bana 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

ostberg smörberg urberg

References

• berg in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)