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6-letter words (1 found)

BERGEN,

5-letter words (5 found)

GENRE,GERBE,GERNE,GREBE,GREEN,

4-letter words (14 found)

BEEN,BEER,BENE,BERE,BERG,BREE,BREN,EGER,ERNE,GENE,GERE,GREE,GREN,REEN,

3-letter words (19 found)

BEE,BEG,BEN,EEN,ENE,ENG,ERE,ERG,ERN,GEE,GEN,GER,NEB,NEE,NEG,REB,REE,REG,REN,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,EE,EN,ER,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from bergen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bergen

bergen

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.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrɣə(n)/
  • 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)
Inflection
Related terms
  • berging
  • bergkamer
  • opbergen
  • verbergen
  • wegbergen
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: berg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bergen

  1. plural of berg

Anagrams

  • brenge

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/

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 bergen ― to shorten the sail

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • geborgen (adjective)

Related terms

  • Bergegut, Berglohn, Bergung

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

Derived terms

  • berginge
  • gebergen
  • misbergen
  • ontbergen
  • verbergen

Descendants

  • Dutch: bergen
    • Afrikaans: berg
  • Limburgish: bèrge

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

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

Source: wiktionary.org