Berg

See also: berg, Berğ, and Bërg

English

Etymology

From German Berg or Norwegian 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 712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

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

  • (file)
  • 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, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
  6. a surname

Derived terms

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)
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. a mountain, hill

Declension

Derived terms

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)

Further reading

Icelandic

Proper noun

Berg m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Norwegian

Proper noun

Berg

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

Swedish

Etymology

From berg (mountain).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Berg c (genitive Bergs)

  1. a surname

See also

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