Eisberg

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der.

Proto-Germanic *īsą

Proto-West Germanic *īs

Old High German īs

Middle High German īs

German Eis

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos

Proto-Germanic *bergaz

Proto-West Germanic *berg

Old High German bërg

Middle High German bërc

German Berg

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Dutch ijsbergcalq.

German Eisberg

From Eis (“ice”) +‎ Berg (“mountain”), a calque of Dutch ijsberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯sˌbɛrk/, [ˈʔaɪ̯sˌbɛɐ̯k], [ˈʔaɪ̯sˌbɛʁk]
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯sˌbɛrç/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Eis‧berg
• Rhymes: -ɛʁk

Noun

Eisberg m (strong, genitive Eisberges or Eisbergs, plural Eisberge)

1. iceberg

Declension

Declension of Eisberg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eisberg	die	Eisberge
genitive	eines	des	Eisberges, Eisbergs	der	Eisberge
dative	einem	dem	Eisberg, Eisberge1	den	Eisbergen
accusative	einen	den	Eisberg	die	Eisberge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Eisbergsalat
• Spitze des Eisbergs

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: aysberq
• → Esperanto: glacimonto (calque)
• → Russian: а́йсберг (ájsberg)
  • → Armenian: այսբերգ (aysberg)
  • → Tajik: айсберг (aysberg)

Further reading

• “Eisberg” in Duden online
• “Eisberg”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)