Bäärg

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See also: barg and Barg

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Compare German Berg, Dutch berg, English barrow, Swedish berg.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bäärg m (plural Bäärge, diminutive Bäärgli)

  1. mountain, hill
    • 1966, Georg Thürer, ‘Tulipane’, Rund umme Blattetisch, p, 84:
      I myner Buebzyt im Land Glaris hani albigs underwägs zum Dorfschuelhuus e San Galler Bäärg vor Auge gha.
      In my boyhood in Glarus-land, I always had a St Gallen mountain before my eyes on the way to the village schoolhouse.