berg

[ burg ]
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Origin of berg

1
First recorded in 1815–25; by shortening

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Other definitions for Berg (2 of 2)

Berg
[ berg or, German berk for 1; burg for 2, 3 ]

noun
  1. Al·ban [ahl-bahn, ahl-bahn], /ɑlˈbɑn, ˈɑl bɑn/, 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.

  2. Patricia Jane "Patty", 1918–2006, U.S. golfer: a founding member of the LPGA.

  1. Paul, 1926–2023, U.S. biochemist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.

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British Dictionary definitions for berg (1 of 3)

berg1

/ (bɜːɡ) /


noun
  1. short for iceberg

British Dictionary definitions for berg (2 of 3)

berg2

/ (bɜːɡ) /


noun
  1. a South African word for mountain

British Dictionary definitions for Berg (3 of 3)

Berg

/ (bɜːɡ, German bɛrk) /


noun
  1. Alban (Maria Johannes) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs

  2. Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980

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