berch

See also: Berch and bèrch

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch berg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Noun

berch m

1. mountain, hill

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: berg
  • 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
• Limburgish: berg

Further reading

• “berch”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “berch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian berch, from Proto-West Germanic *berg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛrx/

Noun

berch c (plural bergen, diminutive berchje)

1. mountain

Derived terms

• iisberch

Further reading

• “berch (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011