Bergen

See also: bergen

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Bergen (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Bergen city

Etymology 1

From Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).

Proper noun

Bergen

1. A port city in Norway.

   Bergen, in Hordaland county, is Norway's second-largest city.

2. A Catholic diocese named after the above see.
3. A city and hamlet in North Dakota.

Translations

city in Norway

Bulgarian: Бе́рген m (Bérgen) Dutch: Bergen (nl) Esperanto: Bergeno Faroese: Bjørgvin f French: Bergen (fr), Bergue f Georgian: ბერგენი (bergeni) German: Bergen (de) Greek: Μπέργκεν (el) n (Bérgken) Icelandic: Björgvin (is) f Japanese: ベルゲン (berugen) Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no) Nynorsk: Bergen m, Bjørgvin f Russian: Бе́рген (ru) m (Bérgen) Scottish Gaelic: A' Bheirbh f, A' Bhoirbh f Spanish: Bergeno m Thai: บาร์เกิน (bār̒e kin) Turkish: Bergen

Catholic diocese

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bjørgvin bispedømme Nynorsk: Bjørgvin f, Bjørgvin bispedøme n

a city and hamlet in North Dakota

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no) m

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See also

• Bergen, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Dutch Bergen, from Middle Dutch bergen.

Proper noun

Bergen

1. A municipality and village in Limburg province, Netherlands.
2. A municipality and town in North Holland province, Netherlands.
3. A town and village in Genesee County, New York, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
5. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
6. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
7. (historical) A part of New Netherland, the name survives in Bergen County.

Translations

a town and village in New York, USA

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no)

an unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, USA

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no)

a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no)

a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no)

a town in New Netherland

Norwegian: Bokmål: Bergen (no)

See also

• Bergen aan Zee (Netherlands)
• Bergen County (New Jersey)
• Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands)
• North Bergen (New Jersey)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.ɣə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ber‧gen
• Homophone: bergen
• Rhymes: -ɛrɣən

Etymology 1

Plural of berg (“mountain”).

Proper noun

Bergen n

1. Mons (a city, municipality, and capital of Hainaut, Belgium)

Derived terms

• Bergenaar
• Bergens

Etymology 2

From Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).

Proper noun

Bergen n

1. Bergen (a port city in Norway)

Derived terms

• Bergenaar
• Bergens

Etymology 3

• (Limburg) First attested as de barge in 1230. Initially derived from the dative singular form of Middle Dutch berg (“hill, elevated place”). The toponym later shifted to the dative plural form of berg and acquired the meaning settlement at/on the hill.
• (Noord-Holland) First attested as bergum in 918-948. Derived from the dative plural form of Old Dutch berga (“hill, elevated place”), referring here to a series of dunes.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ber‧gen

Proper noun

Bergen n

1. A village and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands

   Synonym: Baerge (“dialect form”)

   Meronyms: Afferden, Aijen, Beekheuvel, Bergsche Heide, Bleijenbeek, Bosscherheide, Elsteren, Gening, Groote Horst, Hengeland, Heukelom, Kamp, Kleine Horst, Knikkerdorp, Koekoek, Lakei, Op de Belt, Rimpelt, Siebengewald, Smal, 't Leuken, Tuindorp, Vrij, Well, Wellerlooi, Zeelberg

2. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands

   Meronyms: Aagtdorp, Bergen aan Zee, Bregtdorp, Catrijp, Camperduin, Egmond aan den Hoef, Egmond aan Zee, Egmond-Binnen, Egmondermeer, Groet, Hargen, Het Woud, Rinnegom, Schoorl, Westdorp, Wimmenum, Zanegeest

Derived terms

• Bergenaar
• Bergens
• Bergen aan Zee
• Bergsche Heide

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bergen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Anagrams

• brenge

French

Etymology

From Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).

Proper noun

Bergen ?

1. Bergen (a port city in Norway)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Bergen

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʁɡn̩/

• Audio (Berlin):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Dutch berg (“mountain”) [cfr. etymology 2], German Berg (“mountain”), etc.

Proper noun

Bergen n (proper noun, genitive Bergens or (optionally with an article) Bergen)

1. A city in Hesse
2. A town on the island of Rügen, in the Baltic Sea, Germany
3. The Belgian city Mons, in the former countship Hennegau (and modern Hainaut province)

Etymology 2

From Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”), cognate with Dutch berg (“mountain”) [cfr. etymology 1], German Berg (“mountain”), etc.

Proper noun

Bergen n (proper noun, genitive Bergens or (optionally with an article) Bergen)

1. Bergen (a port city in Norway)

Etymology 3

Noun

Bergen

1. dative plural of Berg

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Bergen

Wikipedia ^nb

View of Lille Lungegårdsvann, Fisketorget and the rest of the downtown area, in Bergen, Norway.

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“Bergen”), from bjarg (“rock, boulder, cliff”) + vin (“meadow, pasture”). The locations outside of Norway, are derived directly from the Norwegian city.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrɡən/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: Ber‧gen

Proper noun

Bergen

1. Bergen (a port city, urban area, and municipality of Vestland, Norway)
2. Bergen (a historical county of Norway)
3. Bergen (a city and hamlet in North Dakota, United States)
4. Bergen (an unincorporated community in Mountain View County, Canada)
5. Bergen (a town in Genesee County, New York, United States)
6. Bergen (a village in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, United States)

Derived terms

• bergensbrød
• bergensdame
• bergenser
• bergenserdame
• bergenserinne
• bergensfisk
• bergenshulmur
• bergensisk
• bergensk
• bergenskringle
• bergensmål
• finbergensk

 

References

• “Bergen” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• beregn, bregne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Bergen

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Alternative forms

• Bjørgvin

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”), influenced by German due to the Hanseatic League and eventually replaced the native Bjørgvin. From bjarg (“rock, boulder, cliff”) + vin (“meadow, pasture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹bɛrɡən/
• (Bergen) IPA^(key): [¹bæːɰ.ɡɛn]
• (Strilalandet, traditional) IPA^(key): /bærn/

Proper noun

Bergen

1. Bergen (a port city and municipality of Hordaland, Norway)
2. A former county of Western Norway, now a part of Hordaland

Related terms

• bergensar
• bergensk