Contionary:berg

SamSkandinavisk

Etymology

ON berg, bjarg f. PG *bergaz f. PIE *bʰergʰ- f. *bʰeregʰ-

Compare Danish bjerg; Norwegian berg; Swedish berg; Icelandic berg, bjarg; Faroese berg, bjarg, bjørg

Pronunciation

(SamSkandinavisk) IPA: /bɛrːg, ˈbɛrjə-/ File:Samska berg berget.ogg

Alternative Forms

bjerg IPA: /bjɛrːg, ˈbjɛrjə-/ File:Samska bjerg bjerget.ogg

Noun

Neuter gender

1. mountain, hill, rock, mount

Inflection

	Singular		Plural
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	berg	berget	berg	bergene
Genitive	bergs	bergets	bergs	bergens

Synonyms

fjell, terrän

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk berg, from Old Skundavisk berga, from Halmisk berga, bergaŕ, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Pronunciation

IPA: /b/

Noun

berg m. (genitive berges, plural berges)

1. mountain, hill

   Hit is the høkste berg thes lands.

   It’s the highest mountain of the country.