bergisch
German, adjective/ˈbɛʁɡɪʃ/
bergisch is spelled B-E-R-G-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bergisch is a German adjective meaning “referring to the Bergisches Land, a region in southern North Rhine-Westphalia (east of Cologne), or its dialect(s)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bergisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
referring to the Bergisches Land, a region in southern North Rhine-Westphalia (east of Cologne), or its dialect(s)
- 2
referring to the four dialects from Mettmann, Solingen, Wülfrath and Remscheid
Nun finden sich in den vier bergischen Dialecten [i.e. the Mettmanner Dialect (Mettmann), Solinger Dialect (Solingen), Wülfrather Dialect (Wülfrath) and Remscheider Dialect (Remscheid)] folgende deutliche Unterschiede bei den Verkleinerungs
- 3
archaicarchaic form of bergig (“mountainous”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of bergisch
- bergischer masculine nominative singular
- bergische feminine nominative singular
- bergisches neuter nominative singular
- bergischen genitive masculine singular
- bergischem dative masculine singular
- der bergische definite includes-article masculine
- die bergische definite feminine includes-article
- das bergische definite includes-article neuter
- die bergischen definite includes-article nominative
- des bergischen definite genitive includes-article
- der bergischen definite feminine genitive
- dem bergischen dative definite includes-article
- den bergischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bergisch?
- /ˈbɛʁɡɪʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bergisch in German?
bergisch appears 4.1 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).