Berg
German, noun/bɛrk/
Berg is spelled B-E-R-G (4 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berg is a German masculine noun meaning “a mountain, hill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “große, steile Erhebung auf der Landoberfläche der Erde und anderer Himmelskörper und des Meeresbodens”.
What does Berg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea mountain, hill
suffix
- 1
masculineAdded to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. große, steile Erhebung auf der Landoberfläche der Erde und anderer Himmelskörper und des Meeresbodens 2. feste Erdkruste, Untertagebereich; „im Berg“ 3. Haufen, Anhäufung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Berg
- Berges genitive
- Bergs genitive
- Berge plural
- Bergen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Berg?
- /bɛrk/
- [bɛɐ̯k]
- /b̥ɛrɡ̊/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Berg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Berg in German?
Berg appears 42 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).