Berg
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning "hill/mountain".
Proper noun
[edit]Berg
- A place name, notably of:
- A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
- A municipality of Troms, Norway.
- A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.
Statistics
[edit]- 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.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- (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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- 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) - Rhymes: -ɛʁk
Noun
[edit]Berg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Berg [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)
- Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Berg m
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]declension of Berg
Norwegian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Berg
- A municipality of Troms, Norway
- a surname
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From berg (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Berg c (genitive Bergs)
- a surname
See also
[edit]Categories:
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrx
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- nl:Villages in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Villages in Belgium
- nl:Places in Belgium
- nl:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic given names
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