Bergland

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bergland.

Proper noun

Bergland (plural Berglands)

1. A surname from Norwegian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bergland is the 36099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Bergland is most common among White (90.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bergland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142.

German

Etymology

From Berg (“mountain”) +‎ Land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʁkˌlant/

• Audio:

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Noun

Bergland n (strong, genitive Berglandes or Berglands, plural Bergländer)

1. an area with many mountains; mountainous country or mountainous region

Declension

Declension of Bergland [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bergland	die	Bergländer
genitive	eines	des	Berglandes, Berglands	der	Bergländer
dative	einem	dem	Bergland, Berglande1	den	Bergländern
accusative	ein	das	Bergland	die	Bergländer

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Berglandschaft, Hügelland

Proper noun

Bergland n (proper noun, genitive Berglands or (optionally with an article) Bergland)

1. A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria

Further reading

• “Bergland” in Duden online