Berg

See also: berg, Berğ, and Bërg

English

Etymology

From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning "hill/mountain".

Proper noun

Berg

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

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berg is the 712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Greb, gerb

Dutch

Etymology

• (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

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• IPA^(key): /bɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Berg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx
• Homophone: berg

Proper noun

Berg

1. A village in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Maaseik, Belgium
3. A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
4. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
5. A hamlet in Cranendonck, North Brabant, Netherlands
6. a surname

Derived terms

• Bergenaar
• Bergs
• Berg en Terblijt

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From 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

• 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)

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁk

Noun

Berg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)

1. a mountain, hill

Declension

Declension of Berg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Berg	die	Berge
genitive	eines	des	Berges, Bergs	der	Berge
dative	einem	dem	Berg, Berge1	den	Bergen
accusative	einen	den	Berg	die	Berge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Burgberg
• Dreiberg
• Eisberg m
• Goldberg
• Inselberg
• Müllberg
• Nebelberg
• Steinberg
• Tafelberg
• Vogelberg
• Weinberg
• Zuckerberg

 

Derived terms

• bergig, berglos (adjective)
• bergab, bergauf (adverb)

Related terms

• Bergbahn
• Bergbau
• Bergfall m
• Berggipfel
• Berggrat
• Berghang
• Berghütte
• Berglöwe
• Bergluft
• Bergpass
• Bergrad
• Bergspitze
• Bergsteiger
• Bergstraße
• Bergstück
• Bergtal
• Bergtiger
• Bergwand
• Bergweg
• Bergweide
• Bergwiese
• Bergziege
• der Glaube kann Berge versetzen

 

Proper noun

Berg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)

1. a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg

Proper noun

Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)

1. Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)
3. Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)
4. Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
5. Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)
6. Berg (a municipality of Troms, Norway)

Related terms

• Bergisches Land, (das) Bergische

Further reading

• “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

Proper noun

Berg m (proper noun, genitive singular Bergs)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Berg (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Berg
accusative	Berg
dative	Berg
genitive	Bergs

Norwegian

Proper noun

Berg

1. A municipality of Troms, Norway
2. a surname

Swedish

Etymology

From berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Berg c (genitive Bergs)

1. a surname

See also

• Fjäll