Berg
English
Proper noun
Berg
- A place name, notably of:
- A former duchy and later grand duchy in Westphalia (Western Germany).
- A municipality of Troms, Norway.
- 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 712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.
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
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /bɛrx/
- Hyphenation: Berg
- Rhymes: -ɛrx
- Homophone: berg
Proper noun
Berg
- A village in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Maaseik, Belgium.
- A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Cranendonck, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- 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.
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)
audio (file)
Declension
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
- Burgberg
- der Glaube kann Berge versetzen
- Dreiberg
- Eisberg m
- Goldberg
- Inselberg
- Nebelberg
- Steinberg
- Weinberg
Proper noun
Berg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)
- a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg
Proper noun
Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)
- Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in Westphalia, Germany)
- Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)
- Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)
- Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)
- 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
Declension
declension of Berg
m-s1 | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ||
nominative | Berg | |
accusative | Berg | |
dative | Berg | |
genitive | Bergs |
Norwegian
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