Bäärg

See also: barg and Barg

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Bärg, Bèèrg, Bërg

Etymology

From Middle High German bërc, from Old High German berg. Compare German Berg, Dutch berg, English barrow, Swedish berg.

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /b̥ɛːrɡ̥/

Noun

Bäärg m (plural Bäärge, diminutive Bäärgli)

mountain, hill
- 1966, Georg Thürer, “Tulipane”, in Rund umme Blattetisch, page 84:
  I myner Buebzyt im Land Glaris hani albigs underwägs zum Dorfschuelhuus e San Galler Bäärg vor Auge gha.
  In my boyhood in Glarus-land, I always had a St Gallen mountain before my eyes on the way to the village schoolhouse.

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