bergan

[bɛʁkˈʔan]

/[bɛʁkˈʔan]/ adv

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The verdict

“bergan” is uncommon German (frequency #94,021 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,021
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Berg hinauf

Corpus desk

Index DE-bergan · bergan · German

bergan · rank #94,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,021
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bergbauern

Nearest frequency peer: Bergbauern (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bergan“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bergan“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bergan
PropertyValue
Headwordbergan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[bɛʁkˈʔan]
Letters6
Frequency rank#94,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bergan“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).berganfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bergbauern“ (#94,022), „beobachtbar“ (#94,019), „beschränktes“ (#94,024). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bergan“ bei #94,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bergan is uncommon German at frequency #94,021 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [bɛʁkˈʔan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Berg hinauf".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bergan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bergan, spelled B-E-R-G-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Berg hinauf

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bergan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Weg führte bergan, öffnete ihm den Blick in die unbegreifliche Weite des Waldes, den er durchquerte.“

Synonyms

bergauf

Antonyms

bergab

This word in other languages

uphill(English)en amont(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bergan"?
"bergan" is spelled B-E-R-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [bɛʁkˈʔan].
What does "bergan" mean?
As an adverb, "bergan" means: einen Berg hinauf
How do you pronounce "bergan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bergan" is [bɛʁkˈʔan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bergan" come from?
"bergan" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bergan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

betört#94,034bliebt#94,044Barths#93,997Boccia#94,055

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list