berg
nounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//bɜːɡ//
- United States//bɝɡ//
An iceberg.
noun
- 1
An iceberg.
The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.
Etymology
Clipping of iceberg.
noun
- 1
A mountain.
There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ...
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.
Forms
- plural
- bergs