Berg
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ÉœË(ɹ)É¡
Origin
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.
Full definition of berg
Noun
berg
(plural bergs)- Mountain, a large mass or hill.
- 2004, Alan Goldfein, Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe" Chapter A Wonderful Drive, 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 ...
- An iceberg.
- 1997, , , Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska, The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.