Barg

See also: barg and Bärg

East Central German

Noun

Barg

  1. (Silesia) mountain; hill

German Low German

Alternative forms
  • berg (Westphalian, Märkisch)

Etymology

From earlier berg, from Middle Low German berch, from Old Saxon berg, berag, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Compare Dutch berg, German Berg, West Frisian berch, English barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛrɣ/, [bæɾ(ə)x], [ba̝ɾ(ə)x]

Noun

Barg m

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) mountain; hill
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