English

Proper noun

Berg

1. A place name, notably of:
   1. A former duchy and later grand duchy in Westphalia (Western Germany).
   2. A municipality in Troms, Norway.
2. A surname​ common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.

Anagrams

• gerb

German

Etymology

From Old High German berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‎(“high”). Compare Dutch berg, Low German Barg, West Frisian berch, English berg, bergh, barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁk/, [bɛʁk], [bɛɐ̯k] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /bɛʁç/, [bɛɜ̯ç] (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

Noun

Berg m ‎(genitive Bergs or Berges, plural Berge)

1. A mountain, hill

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

Berg

1. A surname​, as of the composer Alban Berg.
2. A place name, notably of

   a former duchy and later grand duchy in Westphalia (Germany).

   a municipality in Troms, Norway.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Berg

1. A municipality in Troms, Norway
2. A surname​.

Swedish

Etymology

From berg ‎(“mountain”).

Proper noun

Berg

1. A surname​.

English

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

From German Berg.

Noun

berg ‎(plural bergs)

1. Mountain.
   • 2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe", American Editions, ISBN 9783000143571, 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 ...

References

Anagrams

• gerb

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg ‎(plural berge, diminutive bergie)

1. mountain

Derived terms

• bergreeks

Etymology 2

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

• bêre

Derived terms

• bergloon
• bergplek

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrx/

Etymology

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

Noun

berg m ‎(plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

1. mountain, hill

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• fjall
• tindur
• brekka
• brattur

Icelandic

Noun

berg n ‎(genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

1. a rock face

Derived terms

• völuberg

Limburgish

Noun

berg m

1. mountain

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse berg, bjarg

Noun

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

1. a mountain or hill
2. rock

Derived terms

• bergart
• bergmann

References

• “berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse berg, bjarg

Noun

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

1. a mountain or hill
2. rock

Derived terms

• bergart
• bergmann

References

• “berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: berg
  • Dutch: berg

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg m ‎(plural berga)

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Descendants

• German: Berg
• Yiddish: באַרג ‎(barg)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

1. rock, boulder
2. cliff, precipice

Related terms

• bjarg

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

• berag

Etymology

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

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: Barg

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrj/

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

Related terms

References

• berg in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)