bergen

Shortened from Bergen rucksack, possibly named after their creator, Norwegian Ole F. Bergan, combined with the name of the Norwegian city of Bergen.

bergen (plural bergens)

1. (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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ber‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛrɣən
• Homophone: Bergen

From Middle Dutch bergen, from Old Dutch bergan, from Proto-West Germanic *bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

bergen

1. (transitive) to store, to stash away
2. (transitive) to salvage (a vessel)

Conjugation of bergen (strong class 3b)
infinitive	bergen
past singular	borg
past participle	geborgen
infinitive	bergen
gerund	bergen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	berg	borg
2nd person sing. (jij)	bergt, berg2	borg
2nd person sing. (u)	bergt	borg
2nd person sing. (gij)	bergt	borgt
3rd person singular	bergt	borg
plural	bergen	borgen
subjunctive sing.1	berge	borge
subjunctive plur.1	bergen	borgen
imperative sing.	berg
imperative plur.1	bergt
participles	bergend	geborgen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• Afrikaans: berg

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bergen

1. plural of berg

• brenge

From Middle High German bergen, from Old High German bergan, from Proto-West Germanic *bergan, from Proto-Germanic *berganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡŋ̩/, /ˈbɛɐ̯ɡən̪/

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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

• geborgen (adjective)

• Bergegut, Berglohn, Bergung

• “bergen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bergen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “bergen” in Duden online
• “bergen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch bergan.

bergen

1. to get to safety, to keep safe
2. to stash away, to hide
3. to store, to keep

Strong class 3
Infinitive	bergen
3rd sg. past	barch
3rd pl. past	borgen
Past participle	geborgen
Infinitive	bergen
In genitive	bergens
In dative	bergene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	berge	barch
2nd singular	berchs, berges	borchs, borges
3rd singular	bercht, berget	barch
1st plural	bergen	borgen
2nd plural	bercht, berget	borcht, borget
3rd plural	bergen	borgen
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	berge	borge
2nd singular	berchs, berges	borges
3rd singular	berge	borge
1st plural	bergen	borgen
2nd plural	bercht, berget	borget
3rd plural	bergen	borgen
Imperative	Present
Singular	berch, berge
Plural	bercht, berget
	Present	Past
Participle	bergende	geborgen

• berginge
• gebergen
• misbergen
• ontbergen
• verbergen

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

• “berghen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bergen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

bergen

1. Alternative form of berwen

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrjɛn/

bergen

1. definite plural of berg

bergen

1. plural of berch