different between berg vs zerg

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Etymology 1

Clipping of iceberg.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

1. An iceberg.

Derived terms

• fatberg

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow.

Noun

berg (plural bergs)

1. (chiefly South Africa) mountain

Related terms

• iceberg
• bergschrund
• hauberk

Anagrams

• Greb, gerb

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch berg.

Noun

berg (plural berge, diminutive bergie)

1. mountain

Derived terms

• bergreeks

Descendants

• ? English: berg

Etymology 2

From Dutch bergen.

Verb

berg (present berg, present participle bergende, past participle geberg)

1. To salvage, usually cargo from a ship.
2. To store; to stash; to put away.

Synonyms

• bêre

Derived terms

• bergloon
• bergplek

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rx/
• Hyphenation: berg
• Rhymes: -?rx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-.

Noun

berg m (plural bergen, diminutive bergje n)

1. mountain, hill
2. (figurative) a large amount, a pile; a stock, reserve; a surplus

Derived terms

(actually mountain-related):

(figurative):

Descendants

• Afrikaans: berg
  • ? English: berg
• ? Sranan Tongo: bergi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

berg

1. first-person singular present indicative of bergen
2. imperative of bergen

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-.

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, plural berg)

1. cliff, cliff face

Declension

Related terms

• fjall
• tindur
• brekka
• brattur

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rk/
• Rhymes: -?rk

Noun

berg n (genitive singular bergs, nominative plural berg)

1. rock face

Declension

Derived terms

• völuberg

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch berch, from Old Dutch berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-..

Noun

berg m

1. (geography) mountain

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ber?, ber?e

Etymology

From Old English ?ebeorg (unprefixed beorg is found in compounds; compare sc?rbeorg (“roof, shelter from the storm”)), from beorgan (“to shelter, protect”).

Noun

berg

1. protection, shelter
2. guardian, watchman

References

• “berg, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz. Related to berge (“rescue, bring to shore/land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???/, [bæ??]

Noun

berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga or bergene)

1. mountain, hill
2. rock

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

berg

1. imperative of berge

References

• “berg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?/

Noun

berg n (definite singular berget, indefinite plural berg, definite plural berga)

1. mountain, hill
2. rock

Derived terms

References

• “berg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: berch
  • Dutch: berg
    • Afrikaans: berg
      • ? English: berg
    • ? Sranan Tongo: bergi
  • Limburgish: berg

Further reading

• “berg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg

Noun

berg m (plural berga)

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: bërc
  • Alemannic German: Bäärg, Bärg, Bèèrg, Bërg
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: pèrge

    Mòcheno: pèrg

  • Central Franconian: Berch

    Eifel: Bersch

    Hunsrik: Berrich

  • East Central German: Barg (Erzgebirgisch)
  • German: Berg
  • Luxembourgish: Bierg
  • Pennsylvania German: Barig
  • Yiddish: ?????? (barg)
• ? Old High German: giberg
  • Middle High German: gebërc
    • Vilamovian: gybiyg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• bjarg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

berg n

1. rock, boulder
2. cliff, precipice

Descendants

• Icelandic: berg, bjarg
• Faroese: berg, bjarg, bjørg
• Norwegian: berg
• Old Swedish: biærgh, bærgh
  • Swedish: berg
• Elfdalian: bjärr
• Old Danish: biargh, biærgh, bærgh
  • Danish: bjerg
• Westrobothnian: berg, bärg, bäri
• Elfdalian: bjärr, bjärg-, bjärgs-, bjärrs-
• Gutnish: berg, bjerg, bjerr
• Scanian: bjær?
• ? Scots: berg

References

• berg in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic?^[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• berag

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berg

Noun

berg m

1. mountain, hill

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: berch
  • German Low German: Barg
  • Plautdietsch: Boajch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rj/

Noun

berg n

1. mountain
2. bedrock, mine

   man har borrat genom berget, för att finna rikedom

   they have drilled through the bedrock, hoping to find wealth

   eld i berget!

   warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine

3. a mountain, a very large heap

   Ett berg med papper

   A mountain of paper

Declension

Related terms

References

• berg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Westrobothnian

Noun

berg

1. Alternative spelling of bärg

English

Etymology

From the game StarCraft (1998), in which the easily mass-produced Zerg units encourage such a strategy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??(?)?/

Verb

zerg (third-person singular simple present zergs, present participle zerging, simple past and past participle zerged)

1. (slang, video games, strategy games) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.
   • 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)

     You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players. They don't have to zerg lower tier encounters just like the lowest tier guilds doesn't have to zerg orc camp 1 in EC. But, at the top end, it's still zerg tactics.

   • 2003, "George", Finding groups to mission/hunt/other experience with (on newsgroup alt.games.starwarsgalaxies)

     The scale and lack of focused content doesn't facilitate this grouping as well as some other games. The good side of that is you don't get the "wonderful" experience of zerging around DF with everyone else waiting for something to spawn.

   • 2008, "neithskye", AV after the last changes... (on newsgroup alt.games.warcraft)

     No one ever did D (or just 3-4 people tried), we just zerged, and we would lose every single AV.

Synonyms

• cheese, rush

Translations

Noun

zerg (plural zergs)

1. (slang, video games) A very large group of units or players.

Synonyms

• blob

Anagrams

• Grez