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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.

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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) A 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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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.

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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 (masculine a-stem noun)
      case singular plural
      nominative berg berga
      accusative berg berga
      genitive berges bergo
      dative berge bergon

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      Further reading

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      • “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

      Old English

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      Noun

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      berg m

      1. alternative form of bearg

      Old High German

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        From Proto-West Germanic *berg.

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        bërg m

        1. mountain, hill

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        Declension of bërg (masculine a-stem)
        case singular plural
        nominative bërg bërgā, bërga
        accusative bërg bërgā, bërga
        genitive bërges bërgo
        dative bërge bërgum
        instrumental bërgu —

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        Old Norse

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        Alternative forms

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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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        Further reading

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        • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “berg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

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        Adjective

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

        1. obsolete form of berc

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        Declension of berg
        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

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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!
          Fire in the hole!
          (literally, “Fire in the rock!”)
          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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