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Berg Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Berg has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

"The massive berg drifted slowly through the icy waters, its jagged tip breaking apart under the weight of another storm."

2

Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)

"Berg composed a hauntingly beautiful violin concerto that stands as a masterpiece of the twelve-tone technique."

3

An iceberg.

"The hikers climbed up the steep berg to reach the snowy peak."

4

mountain

Proper Noun
1

A place name, notably of:

"The steep mountain known as Berg overlooks the valley below."

2

A former duchy and later grand duchy in Westphalia (Western Germany).

"The historic region of Berg was once a powerful duchy before becoming part of Prussia."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ice mass floater
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
growler

Origin

The word berg is a clipping derived from the term iceberg. It entered English as a shortened form to refer specifically to large masses of floating ice or mountains made of snow and ice.

Rhyming Words
erg zerg serg ferg aberg oberg sperg emerg nyberg megerg seberg ekberg hedberg newberg fatberg norberg monberg zinberg kinberg esbjerg
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