berg

See also: Berg and Berğ

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

Etymology 1

Shortening of iceberg.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

  1. An iceberg.
    • 1997, Rugh, David J.; 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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

  1. (chiefly South Africa) mountain
    • 2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe"‎, 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 ...

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

  1. mountain
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch bergen.

Verb

berg (present berg, present participle bergende, past participle geberg)

  1. to salvage, usually cargo from a ship
  2. to store; to stash; to put away
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • bergloon
  • bergplek

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛrx/
  • audio(file)

Noun

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

  1. mountain, hill

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

berg

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

  1. cliff, cliff face

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrk

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

  1. rock face

Declension

Derived terms

Limburgish

Etymology

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

Noun

berg m

  1. (geography) mountain

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English beorg (“shelter”).

Noun

berg

  1. protection, shelter
  2. guardian, watchman

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berg, bjarg. Related to berge (“rescue, bring to shore/land”)

Noun

berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga or bergene)

  1. a mountain or hill
  2. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

berg

  1. imperative of berge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse berg, bjarg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛrɡ/

Noun

berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga)

  1. a mountain or hill
  2. rock

Derived terms

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m (plural berga)

  1. mountain, hill

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: bërc
  • ⇒ Old High German: giberg
    • Middle High German: gebërc
      • Vilamovian: gybiyg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice

Descendants

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, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

berg m

  1. mountain, hill

Declension


Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛrj/
  • audio(file)

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
    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
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative berg berget berg bergen
Genitive bergs bergets bergs bergens
  • 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

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bjarga (pres. berg), from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bɛːre/, /²bɛːrɪ/, /²be̞rɡ/

Noun

berg (preterite berd)

  1. to harvest hay
  2. (reflexive) to have a livelihood, protect oneself

Derived terms

  • bergen (“rich, wealthy”)
  • bergenheit (“livelihood”)
  • bergning (“livelihood”)
  • raberd (“(crop) harvested in a short time”)
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