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berg¹
- /bɜːɡ/ UK
- /bɝɡ/ US
Sounds like burg, burgh (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
Clipping of iceberg.
noun bergs
- An iceberg. The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.
berg²
- /bɜːɡ/ UK
- /bɝɡ/ US
Sounds like burg, burgh (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.
noun bergs
- A mountain. There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ...
Berg³
Where it comes from
From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning hill or mountain.
proper noun
- A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
- A municipality of Troms, Norway.
- A municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden.
- A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: iceberg, mountains, bergh, harling, cleve, burg, clash, okayama, michael, bergin, cleves, eisenberg, julich, nypl, schlosser, peak
Talk about this word "berg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/berg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. berg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/berg "berg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/berg.Cite this
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title = {berg},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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