berg
berg Lexical Profile
berg Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea; an iceberg.
"The research vessel carefully navigated around a massive berg drifting through the North Atlantic."
South African A mountain or mountain range, especially in southern Africa.
"The hikers spent three days trekking across the rugged trails of the berg."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'berg' (an iceberg or mountain) with the homophone 'burg' (an informal term for a town or city).
• Rhymes for berg
Word Origin & Etymology
As a standalone noun meaning 'iceberg', it is a 19th-century shortening of 'iceberg', which was borrowed from Dutch 'ijsberg' (literally 'ice mountain'). In the sense of a mountain or hill, it comes directly from Dutch and German 'Berg', from Proto-Germanic '*bergaz'.
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