berger
French, noun/bɛʁ.ʒe/
berger is spelled B-E-R-G-E-R (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berger is a French masculine noun meaning “shepherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pâtre, gardien de troupeau”.
What does berger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshepherd
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pâtre, gardien de troupeau. 2. Pasteur, guide spirituel d’une personne, d’un groupe de personnes. 3. Santon de la crèche qui représente ce gardien. 4. Amant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of berger
- bergers plural
- bergère feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berger?
- /bɛʁ.ʒe/
- \bɛʁ.ʒe\
- [œ̃ bɛʁ.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to berger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is berger in French?
berger appears 8.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).