bergen

See also: Bergen

English

Etymology

Shortened from Bergen rucksack, possibly named after their creator, Norwegian Ole F. Bergan, combined with the name of the Norwegian city of Bergen.

Noun

bergen (plural bergens)

  1. (UK, military) A large rucksack.
    • 2012, Peter Ratcliffe, Eye of the Storm:
      Their bergens were already stuffed almost to bursting point, as were their belt kits, with rations, water, radios and spare batteries, ammunition, personal equipment, sleeping bags, waterproofs, medical packs, survival kits, and much more.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ber‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɣən
  • Homophone: Bergen

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bergen, from Old Dutch bergan, from Proto-West Germanic *bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Verb

bergen

  1. (transitive) to store, to stash away
  2. (transitive) to salvage (a vessel)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bergen (strong class 3b)
infinitive bergen
past singular borg
past participle geborgen
infinitive bergen
gerund bergen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular berg borg
2nd person sing. (jij) bergt, berg2 borg
2nd person sing. (u) bergt borg
2nd person sing. (gij) bergt borgt
3rd person singular bergt borg
plural bergen borgen
subjunctive sing.1 berge borge
subjunctive plur.1 bergen borgen
imperative sing. berg
imperative plur.1 bergt
participles bergend geborgen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: berg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bergen

  1. plural of berg

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bergen, from Old High German bergan, from Proto-West Germanic *bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡŋ̩/, /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡən̪/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

bergen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present birgt, past tense barg, past participle geborgen, past subjunctive bärge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to save (someone); to rescue
  2. (transitive) to salvage; to recover
  3. (transitive) to conceal; shelter; to contain
  4. (transitive, naval) to take in (a sail); to shorten (a sail)
    die Segel bergento shorten the sail

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bergen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bergen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bergen” in Duden online
  • bergen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bergan.

Verb

bergen

  1. to get to safety, to keep safe
  2. to stash away, to hide
  3. to store, to keep

Inflection

Conjugation of bergen (strong class 3)
infinitive base form bergen
genitive bergens
dative bergene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular berge barch berge borge
2nd person singular berchs, berges borchs, borges berchs, berges borges
3rd person singular bercht, berget barch berge borge
1st person plural bergen borgen bergen borgen
2nd person plural bercht, berget borcht, borget bercht, berget borget
3rd person plural bergen borgen bergen borgen
imperative
singular berch, berge
plural bercht, berget
present past
participle bergende geborgen

Derived terms

  • berginge
  • gebergen
  • misbergen
  • ontbergen
  • verbergen

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

bergen

  1. alternative form of berwen

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrjɛn/

Noun

bergen

  1. definite plural of berg

West Frisian

Noun

bergen

  1. plural of berch