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BergnounAlban 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.
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[burg]
/ bɜrg /
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Oceanography.
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[berg, ber k, burg]
/ bɛrg, bɛrk, bɜrg /
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Alban 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.
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Patricia Jane Patty, 1918–2006, U.S. golfer: a founding member of the LPGA.
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Paul, 1926–2023, U.S. biochemist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.
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/ bɜːɡ, bɛrk /
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Alban ( Maria Johannes ) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs
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Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980
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/ bɜːɡ /
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/ bɜːɡ /
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Etymology
Origin of berg
First recorded in 1815–25; by shortening
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The berg is expected shortly to step into a powerful current that will sweep it away into the Southern Ocean.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
"We saw waves, a good 3m or 4m high, smashing into the berg," said expedition leader Ian Strachan.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
“It is amazing to see this huge berg in person — it stretches as far as the eye can see.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
But that was before a mammoth berg started meandering northward from Antarctica.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
As the icebergs drift, the seawater erodes them from below, until the berg abruptly topples over and continues its journey upside down.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The level of competition among fashion retailers has "evolved dramatically" over the past few years, and Chinese online marketplaces Shein and Temu are now competing for Primark's customers, says Berg.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Forstag, Berg and other candidates like them at both the national and state level represent a new wave of energy and enthusiasm among the Democratic base for candidates with lived working-class experience.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
An injury to Beckett Berg has made him the No. 2 pitcher for the rest of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
Matthew Barouch and Kate Berg, both 32, also did their maiden Saunter in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
His peripheral vision showed more trees coming his way, the Berg dipping lower now so that there’d be no chance of his making it through.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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