Berg

From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning hill or mountain.

Berg

1. A place name, notably of:
   1. A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
   2. A municipality of Troms, Norway.
   3. A municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden.
2. A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berg is the 712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 48,746 individuals. Berg is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.

• Greb, gerb

• (Valkenburg aan de Geul) First attested as berga in 1139. Derived from the dative singular form of berg (“hill, elevated place”).
• (Belgium) Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
• (Eijsden-Margraten) Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
• (Peel en Maas) First attested as Berg in 1936. Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Berg in 1794. Derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”).

The surname derives from the toponym or from one of the senses of berg.

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• IPA^(key): /bɛrx/
• Hyphenation: Berg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx
• Homophone: berg

Berg

1. a village in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Netherlands
2. a hamlet in Maaseik, Belgium
3. a hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
4. a hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
5. a hamlet in Cranendonck, North Brabant, Netherlands
6. a surname

• Bergenaar
• Bergs
• Berg en Terblijt

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Borrowed from Swedish Berg and/or German Berg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈberk/, [ˈbe̞rk]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.ri/, [ˈbæ.ri]
• Rhymes: -erk, -æri
• Syllabification^(key): Berg, Be‧rg
• Hyphenation^(key): Berg, Be‧rg

Berg

1. a surname from Swedish or German

Written, although does not match the pronunciation /ˈbæ.ri/:

• Berg is the 284^th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,746 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Middle High German bërc, from Old High German bërg, itself from Proto-West Germanic *berg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Compare Dutch berg, German Low German Barg, Berg, Biärg, West Frisian berch, English berry, barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.

• IPA^(key): /bɛrk/, /bɛɐ̯k/ (Germany, preferred in formal language)
• IPA^(key): /b̥ɛrɡ̊/ (Swiss, Austro-Bavarian)
• IPA^(key): /bɛrç/, /bɛɐ̯ç/ (Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Lower Bavaria)

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁk

Berg m (strong, genitive Berges or Bergs, plural Berge)

1. a mountain, hill

• bergig, berglos (adjective)
• bergab, bergauf (adverb)

Berg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)

1. a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg

Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)

1. Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
2. Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)
3. Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)
4. Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
5. Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)
6. Berg (a municipality of Troms, Norway)

• Bergisches Land, (das) Bergische

• “Berg (Geländeerhebung, Gebirge)” in Duden online
• “Berg (Komponist)” in Duden online
• “Berg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Berg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Berg” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Berg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Berg”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• “Berg” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Berg m (proper noun, genitive singular Bergs)

1. a male given name

Berg

1. a municipality of Troms, Norway
2. a surname

From berg (“mountain”).

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Berg c (genitive Bergs)

1. a surname

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