-berg

suffix

Added to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.

OriginGerman -berg →
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Meanings

-berg1

suffix
  1. Added to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.

-berg2

suffix
  1. humoroususuallyForms nouns defining large agglomerations of a particular substance or quality.

    He saw a spur-winged plover grubbing on a little mudberg and his eyes told him the mudberg moved when the bird screeched, flew, became a mote.

    2013, Jonathan Meades, Pompey, →ISBN

Origin

-berg · suffix

  1. German-berg
  2. English-berg

Borrowed from German -berg.

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-berg · suffix

Back-formation from iceberg.

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Cite this entry
APA

-berg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-berg

MLA

“-berg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-berg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-berg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-berg.

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