bergen

See also: Bergen

English

Noun

bergen (plural bergens)

  1. (Britain, military) A large rucksack.
    • 2012, Peter Ratcliffe, Eye of the Storm
      Their bergens were already stuffed almost to bursting point, as were their belt kits, with rations, water, radios and spare batteries, ammunition, personal equipment, sleeping bags, waterproofs, medical packs, survival kits, and much more.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrɣə(n)/
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bergen, from Old Dutch bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Verb

bergen

  1. (transitive) to store, to stash away
  2. (transitive) to salvage (a vessel)
Inflection
Inflection of bergen (strong class 3)
infinitive bergen
past singular borg
past participle geborgen
infinitive bergen
gerund bergen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular berg borg
2nd person sing. (jij) bergt borg
2nd person sing. (u) bergt borg
2nd person sing. (gij) bergt borgt
3rd person singular bergt borg
plural bergen borgen
subjunctive sing.1 berge borge
subjunctive plur.1 bergen borgen
imperative sing. berg
imperative plur.1 bergt
participles bergend geborgen
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

bergen

  1. Plural form of berg

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Old High German bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡŋ̩/, /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡən̪/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

bergen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present birgt, past tense barg, past participle geborgen, past subjunctive bärge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to save (someone); to rescue
  2. (transitive) to salvage; to recover
  3. (transitive) to conceal; shelter; to contain
  4. (transitive, naval) to take in (a sail); to shorten (a sail)
    die Segel bergen — “to shorten the sail”

Conjugation

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Verb

bergen

  1. to get to safety, to keep safe
  2. to stash away, to hide
  3. to store, to keep

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive bergen
3rd sg. past barch
3rd pl. past borgen
Past participle geborgen
Infinitive bergen
In genitive bergens
In dative bergene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular berge barch
2nd singular berchs, berges borchs, borges
3rd singular bercht, berget barch
1st plural bergen borgen
2nd plural bercht, berget borcht, borget
3rd plural bergen borgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular berge borge
2nd singular berchs, berges borges
3rd singular berge borge
1st plural bergen borgen
2nd plural bercht, berget borget
3rd plural bergen borgen
Imperative Present
Singular berch, berge
Plural bercht, berget
Present Past
Participle bergende geborgen

Derived terms

  • berginge
  • gebergen
  • misbergen
  • ontbergen
  • verbergen

Descendants

  • Dutch: bergen
  • Limburgish: bèrge

Further reading

  • “berghen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “bergen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Verb

bergen

  1. Alternative form of berwen

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrjɛn/

Noun

bergen

  1. definite plural of berg

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

Adjective

bergen

  1. rich, wealthy
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