Berg
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning "hill/mountain".
Proper noun
editBerg
- A place name, notably of:
- A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
- A municipality of Troms, Norway.
- A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Berg is the 712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
edit- (Valkenburg aan de Geul) First attested as berga in 1139. Derived from the dative singular form of berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Belgium) Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Eijsden-Margraten) Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Peel en Maas) First attested as Berg in 1936. Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
- (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Berg in 1794. Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
The surname derives from the toponym or from one of the senses of berg.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBerg
- A village in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Maaseik, Belgium
- A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Cranendonck, North Brabant, Netherlands
- a surname
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish Berg and/or German Berg.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈberk/, [ˈbe̞rk]
- IPA(key): /ˈbæ.ri/, [ˈbæ.ri]
- Rhymes: -erk, -æri
- Hyphenation(key): Berg, Be‧rg
Proper noun
editBerg
- a surname from Swedish or German
Declension
editCommon in writing, though technically incorrect for /bæri/:
Inflection of Berg (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Berg | Bergit | |
genitive | Bergin | Bergien | |
partitive | Bergiä | Bergejä | |
illative | Bergiin | Bergeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Berg | Bergit | |
accusative | nom. | Berg | Bergit |
gen. | Bergin | ||
genitive | Bergin | Bergien | |
partitive | Bergiä | Bergejä | |
inessive | Bergissä | Bergeissä | |
elative | Bergistä | Bergeistä | |
illative | Bergiin | Bergeihin | |
adessive | Bergillä | Bergeillä | |
ablative | Bergiltä | Bergeiltä | |
allative | Bergille | Bergeille | |
essive | Berginä | Bergeinä | |
translative | Bergiksi | Bergeiksi | |
abessive | Bergittä | Bergeittä | |
instructive | — | Bergein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German bërc, from Old High German berg, itself from Proto-West Germanic *berg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.
Compare Dutch berg, Low German Barg, Biärg, West Frisian berch, English berry, barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bɛrk/, /bɛɐ̯k/ (Germany, preferred in formal language)
- IPA(key): /b̥ɛrɡ̊/ (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian)
- IPA(key): /bɛrç/, /bɛɐ̯ç/ (Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Lower Bavaria)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʁk
Noun
editBerg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)
Declension
editHyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editProper noun
editBerg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)
- a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg
Proper noun
editBerg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)
- Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)
- Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)
- Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)
- Berg (a municipality of Troms, Norway)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Berg (Geländeerhebung, Gebirge)” in Duden online
- “Berg (Komponist)” in Duden online
- “Berg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Berg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Berg” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Berg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Berg”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- “Berg” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Icelandic
editProper noun
editBerg m (proper noun, genitive singular Bergs)
- a male given name
Declension
editindefinite singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Berg |
accusative | Berg |
dative | Berg |
genitive | Bergs |
Norwegian
editProper noun
editBerg
- A municipality of Troms, Norway
- a surname
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom berg (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBerg c (genitive Bergs)
- a surname
See also
edit- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Municipalities of Norway
- en:Places in Troms
- en:Places in Norway
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrx
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- nl:Villages in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Villages in Belgium
- nl:Places in Belgium
- nl:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
- Dutch surnames
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms borrowed from German
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Rhymes:Finnish/erk
- Rhymes:Finnish/erk/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Finnish/æri
- Rhymes:Finnish/æri/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Finnish/æri/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɛʁk
- Rhymes:German/ɛʁk/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- German neuter nouns
- de:Historical polities
- de:Places in Germany
- de:Municipalities of Lower Austria
- de:Places in Lower Austria
- de:Places in Austria
- de:Municipalities of Germany
- de:Places in Bavaria
- de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate
- de:Municipalities of Switzerland
- de:Places in Switzerland
- de:Municipalities of Norway
- de:Places in Troms
- de:Places in Norway
- de:Landforms
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Municipalities of Norway
- no:Places in Troms
- no:Places in Norway
- Norwegian surnames
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish surnames