bjerg

bjerg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish biærgh, from Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Cognate with Norwegian and Swedish berg, English barrow, German Berg. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (hill, fort).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjɛrɣ/, [b̥jɛɐ̯ˀw], [pjɛɒ̯̽ˀw]
  • Homophone: bjærg

Noun

bjerg n (singular definite bjerget, plural indefinite bjerge)

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
  2. hill

Declension

Declension of bjerg
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjerg bjerget bjerge bjergene
genitive bjergs bjergets bjerges bjergenes

Derived terms

See also

Verb

bjerg

  1. imperative of bjerge

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