Berta

See also: berta and Bèrta

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Berta

  1. A female given name, variant of Bertha.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Berta

  1. A Nilo-Saharan ethnolinguistic group native to the border of Ethiopia and Sudan.
  2. The language spoken natively by the Berta.

Adjective

Berta (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Berta people, culture or language.

Alternative forms

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛrta]

Proper noun

Berta f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Declension

Estonian

Proper noun

Berta

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Faroese

Proper noun

Berta f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Berta: Bertuson
  • daughter of Berta: Bertudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Berta
accusative Bertu
dative Bertu
genitive Bertu

German

Proper noun

Berta f (proper noun, genitive Bertas or Berta, plural Bertas)

  1. a female given name, variant of Bertha

Declension

Symbol

Berta

  1. The letter B in the German and Austrian spelling alphabets.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛrtɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Proper noun

Berta

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Berta Berták
accusative Bertát Bertákat
dative Bertának Bertáknak
instrumental Bertával Bertákkal
causal-final Bertáért Bertákért
translative Bertává Bertákká
terminative Bertáig Bertákig
essive-formal Bertaként Bertákként
essive-modal
inessive Bertában Bertákban
superessive Bertán Bertákon
adessive Bertánál Bertáknál
illative Bertába Bertákba
sublative Bertára Bertákra
allative Bertához Bertákhoz
elative Bertából Bertákból
delative Bertáról Bertákról
ablative Bertától Bertáktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Bertáé Bertáké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Bertáéi Bertákéi
Possessive forms of Berta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Bertám Bertáim
2nd person sing. Bertád Bertáid
3rd person sing. Bertája Bertái
1st person plural Bertánk Bertáink
2nd person plural Bertátok Bertáitok
3rd person plural Bertájuk Bertáik

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈberta]

Proper noun

Berta f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha
  2. a male surname

Declension

Derived terms

  • Bertina
  • Bertuška

Further reading

  • Berta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛ́ːrta/

Proper noun

Bȇrta f

  1. a female given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. Berta
gen. sing. Berte
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Berta Berti Berte
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Berte Bert Bert
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Berti Bertama Bertam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Berto Berti Berte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Berti Bertah Bertah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Berto Bertama Bertami

Further reading

  • Berta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾta/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eɾta
  • Syllabification: Ber‧ta

Proper noun

Berta f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Berta c (genitive Bertas)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

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