berg

noun — 2 senses

berg

noun

UK /bɜːɡ/ · US /bɝɡ/

Etymology Clipping of iceberg.

1

An iceberg.

The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.1997, David J. Rugh with Kim E.W. Shelden, “Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 59, number 1, page 1:

Derived terms: bergfield, earthberg, fatberg, floeberg

berg

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.

1

South Africa A mountain.

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 ...2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe", American Editions, →ISBN, page 46:

Derived terms: bergfall, bergwind
Related terms: iceberg, bergshrund

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