Berg Definition

bûrg
bergs
noun
bergs
A mass of floating or stationary ice; an iceberg.
American Heritage

Iceberg.

Webster's New World

Mountain, a large mass or hill.

Wiktionary

An iceberg.

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pronoun
A place name, notably of:
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A surname​ common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.

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Other Word Forms of Berg

Noun

Singular:
berg
Plural:
bergs

Origin of Berg

  • From Middle English bergh, berg, from Old English berg, beorg (“mountain, hill”), from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ (“height”). Cognate with Dutch berg, German Berg, Swedish berg, and Russian берег (béreg).

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for iceberg

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Berg Sentence Examples

  • The antiquity of Marlborough is shown by the Castle Mound, a British earthwork, which local legend makes the grave of Merlin; and the name of Marlborough has been regarded as a corrupt form of Merlin's Berg or Rock.

  • The northern slopes of Mont aux Sources (11,000 ft.), the highest land in South Africa, are within the province, as are also the Draken's Berg (5682 ft.), the mountain from which the range takes its name, Melanies Kop (7500 ft.) and Platberg (about 8000 ft.), near Harrismith.

  • Kuropatkin's Stakel- orders to his subordinate were a compromise between berg's his own plan and Alexeiev's.

  • He became governor of Paris, marshal of France (1804), grand duke of Berg and of Cleves (1806), lieutenant of the emperor in Spain (1808), and early in the summer of that year king of Naples.

  • Under the Empire, Roederer, whose public influence was very considerable, was Joseph Bonaparte's minister of finance at Naples (1806),(1806), administrator of the grand duchy of Berg (181o), and imperial commissary in the south of France.

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Words Starting With

BBEBER

Words Ending With

GRGERG

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With B4 Letter Words Ending With G