BERG

iceberg, berg

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

Berg, Alban Berg

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Berg

A place name, notably of

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

A municipality of Troms, Norway.

A surname common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berg is the 712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Greb, gerb

Etymology 1

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

An iceberg.

Etymology 2

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

(chiefly, South Africa) mountain

Anagrams

• Greb, gerb

Source: Wiktionary


Berg, n. Etym: [sq. root95. See Barrow hill, and cf. Iceberg.]

Definition: A large mass or hill, as of ice. Glittering bergs of ice. Tennyson .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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