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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)
- (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.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bergen, from Old Dutch bergan, from Proto-West Germanic *bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.
Verb
bergen
- (transitive) to store, to stash away
- (transitive) to salvage (a vessel)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: berg
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
bergen
Anagrams
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German bergen, from Old High German bergan, from Proto-West Germanic *bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.
Pronunciation
Verb
bergen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present birgt, past tense barg, past participle geborgen, past subjunctive bärge, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to save (someone); to rescue
- (transitive) to salvage; to recover
- (transitive) to conceal; shelter; to contain
- (transitive, naval) to take in (a sail); to shorten (a sail)
- die Segel bergen ― to shorten the sail
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- geborgen (adjective)
Related terms
- Bergegut, Berglohn, Bergung
Further reading
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
Verb
bergen
Inflection
Derived terms
- berginge
- gebergen
- misbergen
- ontbergen
- verbergen
Descendants
Further reading
- “berghen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bergen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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Middle English
Verb
bergen
- alternative form of berwen
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
bergen
West Frisian
Noun
bergen
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