berge
See also: Berge and bërgé
Afrikaans
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Noun
berge
- plural of berg
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Verb
berge
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bergen
French
Etymology
From Middle French berche, from Vulgar Latin *barica, possibly a Celtic word, from Proto-Celtic *barros (“point, head, peak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛʁʒ/
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Noun
berge f (plural berges)
- bank (of river, canal)
- raised pavement, banked edge
- (slang) year
Further reading
- “berge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- gerbe, gerbé
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡə/
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Verb
berge
- inflection of bergen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle English
Noun
berge
- Alternative form of barge
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bjarga (“salvage, bring to shore”).
Verb
berge (imperative berg, present tense berger, passive berges, simple past and past participle berga or berget, present participle bergende)
- to rescue, save, salvage
Derived terms
- berging
References
- “berge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- berga
Etymology
From Old Norse bjarga.
Verb
berge (present tense bergar, past tense berga, past participle berga, passive infinitive bergast, present participle bergande, imperative berge/berg)
- to rescue, save, salvage
Derived terms
- berging
References
- “berge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
- berie, beriġe
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈber.je/, [ˈberˠ.je]
Noun
berġe f
- berry
- Swā blæcre sēo berġe, swā swētre þæt sēaw.
- The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
Declension
Declension of berge (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | berġe | berġan |
accusative | berġan | berġan |
genitive | berġan | berġena |
dative | berġan | berġum |
Derived terms
- brǣmelberġe (“blackberry”)
- eleberġe (“olive”)
- hǣþberġe (“blueberry”)
- hindberġe (“raspberry”)
- īwberġe (“yew berry”)
- mōrberġe (“mulberry”)
- strēawberġe (“strawberry”)
- wīnberġe (“grape”)
Descendants
- Middle English: berye, berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye
- English: berry
- Scots: berie, bery, berrie, berry