Burg vs Berg - What's the difference?
burg | berg |
(North America) A city or town.
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(historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.
Mountain, a large mass or hill.
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An iceberg.
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As nouns the difference between burg and berg
is that burg is a city or town while berg is mountain, a large mass or hill.As a proper noun Berg is
a place name, notably of.burg
English
Noun
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Anagrams
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English
Noun
(en noun)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 ... }}
