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Bergung

German, noun/ˈbɛʁɡʊŋ/

Bergung is spelled B-E-R-G-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bergung is a German feminine noun meaning “recovering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Rettung von in Not Befindlichen, Verletzten und die Sicherung von Toten, beispielsweise auf See, in…”.

What does Bergung mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerecovering

  2. 2

    femininesalvaging

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. die Rettung von in Not Befindlichen, Verletzten und die Sicherung von Toten, beispielsweise auf See, in Bergwerken, nach Lawinen oder nach anderen Unglücken 2. das Sichern von Gegenständen 3. das Heben von Schiffswracks, Schiffsteilen oder Schiffsladungen 4. das Sammeln von Flugzeugteilen oder dem Flugschreiber nach einem Absturz

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 Bergung

  • Bergungen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Bergung?

  • /ˈbɛʁɡʊŋ/
  • [ˈbɛʁɡʊŋ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Bergung

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Bergung in German?

Bergung appears 1.9 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).

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