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Berg vs Bergh - What's the difference?

berg | bergh |

As nouns the difference between berg and bergh

is that berg is mountain, a large mass or hill while bergh is protection; shelter.

As a proper noun Berg

is a place name, notably of.

As a verb bergh is

to give shelter; protect; preserve; deliver; save.

berg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mountain, a large mass or hill.
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    • , year=2004 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Alan Goldfein , title=Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe" , chapter=A Wonderful Drive citation , genre= , publisher=American Editions , isbn=9783000143571 , page=46 , passage=There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ... }}
  • An iceberg.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , date= , year=1997 , month= , first=David J. , last=Rugh , author= , coauthors=Kim E.W. Shelden , title=Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska , volume=59 , issue=1 , page=1 , magazine=Marine Fisheries Review , publisher= , issn= , url= , passage=The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals. }}

    References

    (Webster 1913)

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    bergh

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) berghen, berwen, .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give shelter; protect; preserve; deliver; save.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) berg, . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Protection; shelter.
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    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) bergh, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hill.
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