berch
See also: Berch and bèrch
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch berg, from Proto-West Germanic *berg.
Noun
berch m
- mountain, hill
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: berg
- Afrikaans: berg
- → English: berg
- Berbice Creole Dutch: berki
- Jersey Dutch: bêrix
- Negerhollands: berg, bergi
- → Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi
- → Aukan: beligi
- → Sranan Tongo: bergi
- → Caribbean Javanese: bérgi
- Afrikaans: berg
- Limburgish: berg
Further reading
- “berch”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “berch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian berch, from Proto-West Germanic *berg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛrx/
Noun
berch c (plural bergen, diminutive berchje)
- mountain
Derived terms
- iisberch
Further reading
- “berch (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011