Berta

See also: berta, and Bèrta

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Berta

1. A female given name, variant of Bertha

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Berta

1. A Nilo-Saharan ethnolinguistic group native to the border of Ethiopia and Sudan.
2. The language spoken natively by the Berta.

Adjective

Berta (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Berta people, culture or language.

Alternative forms

• Bertha
• (rare) Burta
• (rare) Barta

Anagrams

• Berat, Taber, rebat, taber

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrta]

Proper noun

Berta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

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Estonian

Proper noun

Berta

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

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Faroese

Proper noun

Berta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Berta: Bertuson
• daughter of Berta: Bertudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Berta
Accusative	Bertu
Dative	Bertu
Genitive	Bertu

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German

Proper noun

Berta f (proper noun, genitive Bertas or Berta, plural Bertas)

1. a female given name, variant of Bertha

Declension

Declension of Berta [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Berta	die	Bertas1
genitive	einer	der	Bertas, Berta	der	Bertas1
dative	einer	der	Berta	den	Bertas1
accusative	eine	die	Berta	die	Bertas1

¹Rare.

Symbol

Berta

1. The letter B in the German and Austrian spelling alphabets.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrtɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ber‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Proper noun

Berta

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Berta	Berták
accusative	Bertát	Bertákat
dative	Bertának	Bertáknak
instrumental	Bertával	Bertákkal
causal-final	Bertáért	Bertákért
translative	Bertává	Bertákká
terminative	Bertáig	Bertákig
essive-formal	Bertaként	Bertákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Bertában	Bertákban
superessive	Bertán	Bertákon
adessive	Bertánál	Bertáknál
illative	Bertába	Bertákba
sublative	Bertára	Bertákra
allative	Bertához	Bertákhoz
elative	Bertából	Bertákból
delative	Bertáról	Bertákról
ablative	Bertától	Bertáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Bertáé	Bertáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Bertáéi	Bertákéi

Possessive forms of Berta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Bertám	Bertáim
2nd person sing.	Bertád	Bertáid
3rd person sing.	Bertája	Bertái
1st person plural	Bertánk	Bertáink
2nd person plural	Bertátok	Bertáitok
3rd person plural	Bertájuk	Bertáik

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrta/

Proper noun

Berta f (genitive singular Berty, nominative plural Berty, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Declension

Declension of Berta

	singular	plural
nominative	Berta	Berty
genitive	Berty	Bert
dative	Berte	Bertám
accusative	Bertu	Berty
locative	Berte	Bertách
instrumental	Bertou	Bertami

Derived terms

• Bertina
• Bertuška

Further reading

• “Berta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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Slovene

Proper noun

Berta ?

1. a female given name

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾta/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪a]

Proper noun

Berta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

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Swedish

Proper noun

Berta c (genitive Bertas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Anagrams

• betar