berge

See also: Berge

Afrikaans

Noun

berge

1. plural of berg

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Pronunciation

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Verb

berge

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bergen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁʒ/

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Noun

berge f (plural berges)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gerbe, gerbé

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡə/
• Homophone: bärge

Verb

berge

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of bergen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of bergen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of bergen.

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Middle English

Noun

berge

1. Alternative form of barge

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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.

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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.