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berg

See also: Berg, Berğ, and Bërg

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of iceberg.

Noun

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berg (plural bergs)

  1. An iceberg.
    • 1997, David J. Rugh with 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.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.

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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"‎[1], 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 ...
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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch berg.

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berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

  1. mountain
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  • → English: berg

Etymology 2

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From Dutch bergen.

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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.
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Danish

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From Norwegian berg, from Old Norse berg. Also from German Berg.

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berg n (singular definite berget, plural indefinite berge)

  1. (chiefly Norway) alternative form of bjerg (“mountain, hill”)
    • 1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, edited by Moltke Moe, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 185:
      han [så] manden […] kjøre gjennom bragende ildsluer ind i det åbne berget, der stod over ham som en port.
      he [saw] the man […] drive through crackling fires into the open mountain, which stood over him like a gate.

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  • Norwegian Bokmål: berg

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

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berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. (figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus
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general
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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berg

  1. inflection of bergen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Etymology

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

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berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)

  1. cliff, cliff face

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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
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse berg.

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berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice
  3. mountain
  4. rock face

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Declension of berg (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative berg bergið berg bergin
accusative berg bergið berg bergin
dative bergi berginu bergum bergunum
genitive bergs bergsins berga berganna

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Limburgish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch berch.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbæ˨.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˨.ʀəç]
  • Hyphenation: berg
  • Rhymes: -æʀəç

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berg m

  1. (geography) mountain, hill (refers to any elevated terrain)
  2. (figuratively) pile, heap
  3. (in the plural) mountain range
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Etymology 2

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From earlier barg (with an umlaut on the root vowel). From Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbæ˧.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˧.ʀəç]
  • Hyphenation: berg
  • Rhymes: -æʀəç

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berg m

  1. (some dialects, including Maastrichtian, Sittard, Valkenburg) a castrated pig, swine

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbæ˦.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˦.ʀəç]
  • Hyphenation: berg
  • Rhymes: -æʀəç

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berg

  1. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of berg
  2. (archaic) accusative singular of berg

Middle English

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From Old English ġebeorg (unprefixed beorg is found in compounds; compare scūrbeorg (“roof, shelter from the storm”)), from beorgan (“to shelter, protect”).

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berg

  1. protection, shelter
  2. guardian, watchman

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Related to berge (“rescue, bring to shore/land”).

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  • IPA(key): /bɛɾɡ/, [bæɾɡ]

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

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock
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Etymology 2

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berg

  1. imperative of berge

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • IPA(key): /bɛrɡ/, [bærɡ], [bæɾˠɡ], [bæɾɡ]
  • (South Eastern Norway) IPA(key): /bɛrj/, [bæɾj]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. mountain, hill
  2. rock
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Etymology 2

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Doublet of bjørg, from Old Norse bjǫrg.

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berg f (definite singular berga, indefinite plural berger, definite plural bergene)

  1. help, saving, salvation
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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

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berg m

  1. mountain, hill

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Declension of berg
Singular Plural
nominative berg berga
accusative berg berga
genitive bergas berge, -o
dative bergo bergon

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Further reading

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  • “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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berg m

  1. Alternative form of bearg

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

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berg m (plural berga)

  1. mountain, hill

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Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative berg berga
accusative berg berga
genitive berges bergo
dative berge bergum
instrumental bergu —

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bergą, *bergaz.

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berg n

  1. rock, boulder
  2. cliff, precipice

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  Declension of berg (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative berg bergit berg bergin
accusative berg bergit berg bergin
dative bergi berginu bergum bergunum
genitive bergs bergsins berga berganna

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  • “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[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

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berg m

  1. mountain, hill

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Declension of berg (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative berg bergos
accusative berg bergos
genitive berges bergō
dative berge bergum
instrumental — —


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Romanian

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berg m or n (feminine singular bergă, masculine plural bergi, feminine and neuter plural berge)

  1. Obsolete form of berc.

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite berg bergă bergi berge
definite bergul berga bergii bergele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite berg berge bergi berge
definite bergului bergei bergilor bergelor

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  • berg in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

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ett berg

Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /bɛrj/, [bærj] (Standard Swedish; not Småland and Scania)
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berg n

  1. a mountain
    De besteg berget
    They climbed the mountain
  2. (figuratively) a mountain (very large heap, pile, or amount more generally)
    ett berg av papper
    a mountain of paper
  3. rock, bedrock
    Man har borrat genom berget i jakt på rikedom
    People have drilled through the rock in search of riches
    eld i berget!
    warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine

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Declension of berg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite berg bergs
definite berget bergets
plural indefinite berg bergs
definite bergen bergens

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