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== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːɡ/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɝɡ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ Homophones: burg, burgh (one pronunciation) === Etymology 1 === Clipping of iceberg. ==== Noun ==== berg (plural bergs) An iceberg. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh. ==== Noun ==== berg (plural bergs) (chiefly South Africa) A mountain. ===== Derived terms ===== === Related terms === iceberg bergshrund === Anagrams === Greb, gerb == Afrikaans == === Etymology 1 === From Dutch berg. ==== Noun ==== berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie) mountain ===== Derived terms ===== bergreeks ===== Descendants ===== → English: berg === Etymology 2 === From Dutch bergen. ==== Verb ==== berg (present berg, present participle bergende, past participle geberg) To salvage, usually cargo from a ship. To store; to stash; to put away. ===== Synonyms ===== bêre ===== Derived terms ===== bergloon bergplek == Danish == === Etymology === From Norwegian berg, from Old Norse berg. Also from German Berg. === Noun === berg n (singular definite berget, plural indefinite berge) (chiefly Norway) alternative form of bjerg (“mountain, hill”) ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: berg == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛrx/ Hyphenation: berg Rhymes: -ɛrx === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. ==== Noun ==== berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n) mountain, hill (figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: berg→ English: berg Berbice Creole Dutch: berki Jersey Dutch: bêrix Negerhollands: berg, bergi → Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi → Aukan: beligi → Sranan Tongo: bergi → Caribbean Javanese: bérgi === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== berg inflection of bergen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. === Noun === berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg) cliff, cliff face ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== fjall tindur brekka brattur == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse berg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛrk/ Rhymes: -ɛrk === Noun === berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg) rock, boulder cliff, precipice mountain rock face ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Limburgish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch berch. ==== Alternative forms ==== Berg, bérg, bärg (alternative spellings) Bärrech (Eupen) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbæ˨.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˨.ʀəç] Hyphenation: berg Rhymes: -æʀəç ==== Noun ==== berg m (geography) mountain, hill (refers to any elevated terrain) (figuratively) pile, heap (in the plural) mountain range ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From earlier barg (with an umlaut on the root vowel). From Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== Berg, bérg, bärg (alternative spellings) bèrg (Voeren, and other dialects) barg (Roermond) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbæ˧.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˧.ʀəç] Hyphenation: berg Rhymes: -æʀəç ==== Noun ==== berg m (some dialects, including Maastrichtian, Sittard, Valkenburg) a castrated pig, swine === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbæ˦.ʀəç/, [ˈbæː˦.ʀəç] Hyphenation: berg Rhymes: -æʀəç ==== Noun ==== berg nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of berg (archaic) accusative singular of berg == Middle English == === Alternative forms === berȝ, berȝe === Etymology === From Old English ġebeorg (unprefixed beorg is found in compounds; compare scūrbeorg (“roof, shelter from the storm”)), from beorgan (“to shelter, protect”). === Noun === berg protection, shelter guardian, watchman ==== References ==== “berg, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 May 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Related to berge (“rescue, bring to shore/land”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bɛɾɡ/, [bæɾɡ] ==== Noun ==== berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga or bergene) mountain, hill rock ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== berg imperative of berge === References === “berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛrɡ/, [bærɡ], [bæɾˠɡ], [bæɾɡ] (South Eastern Norway) IPA(key): /bɛrj/, [bæɾj] === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. ==== Noun ==== berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga) mountain, hill rock ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Doublet of bjørg, from Old Norse bjǫrg. ==== Noun ==== berg f (definite singular berga, indefinite plural berger, definite plural bergene) help, saving, salvation ===== Related terms ===== Male given names: Female given names: === References === “berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *berg. === Noun === berg m mountain, hill ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: berchDutch: bergAfrikaans: berg→ English: bergBerbice Creole Dutch: berkiJersey Dutch: bêrixNegerhollands: berg, bergi→ Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi→ Aukan: beligi→ Sranan Tongo: bergi→ Caribbean Javanese: bérgiLimburgish: berg ==== Further reading ==== “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Noun === berg m alternative form of bearg == Old High German == === Alternative forms === përc — Bavarian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *berg. === Noun === bërg m mountain, hill ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: bërc Alemannic German: Bäärg, Bärg, Bèèrg, Bërg Bavarian: Cimbrian: pèrge Mòcheno: pèrg Central Franconian: Berch Eifel: Bersch Hunsrik: Berrich East Central German: Barg (Erzgebirgisch) German: Berg Luxembourgish: Bierg Pennsylvania German: Barig Yiddish: באַרג (barg) == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === bjarg === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *bergą, *bergaz. === Noun === berg n rock, boulder cliff, precipice ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: berg, bjarg Faroese: berg, bjarg, bjørg Norwegian: berg → Danish: berg (also from German) Norwegian Bokmål: berg Elfdalian: bjärr, bjärg-, bjärgs-, bjärrs- Old Swedish: biærgh, bærgh Swedish: berg Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh Scanian: bjærğ Danish: bjerg Norwegian Bokmål: bjerg Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr → Scots: berg === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “berg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === berag === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *berg. === Noun === berg m mountain, hill ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: berch, barg Low German: Barg, Biärg, Berg German Low German: Barg Plautdietsch: Boajch == Romanian == === Adjective === berg m or n (feminine singular bergă, masculine plural bergi, feminine/neuter plural berge) obsolete form of berc ==== Declension ==== === References === berg in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛrj/, [bærj] (Standard Swedish; not Småland and Scania) === Noun === berg n a mountain (figuratively) a mountain (very large heap, pile, or amount more generally) rock, bedrock ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== fjäll === References === berg in Svensk ordbok (SO) berg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) berg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)