berge

See also: Berge and bërgé

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

berge

  1. plural of berg

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

berge

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bergen

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French berche, from Vulgar Latin *barica, possibly a Celtic word, from Proto-Celtic *barros (point, head, peak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛʁʒ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

berge f (plural berges)

  1. bank (of river, canal)
  2. raised pavement, banked edge
  3. (slang) year

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Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡə/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: bärge

Verb

berge

  1. inflection of bergen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle English

Noun

berge

  1. 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)

  1. to rescue, save, salvage

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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)

  1. to rescue, save, salvage

Derived terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈber.je/, [ˈberˠ.je]

Noun

berġe f

  1. berry

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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