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bergen.

to recover, salvage, rescue; with regard to living beings this can mean dead or alive, for the latter retten is the normal word

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbɛrɡən/[ˈbɛʁ.ɡŋ̍][ˈbɛɐ̯-][-ɡ(ə)n]
  1. to recover, salvage, rescue; with regard to living beings this can mean dead or alive, for the latter retten is the normal word

    class-3 · strong · transitive
    Bei der Ausgrabung wurden mehrere antike Fibeln geborgen.
    Nach längerer Suche gelang es, den Flugdatenschreiber zu bergen.
  2. to contain, hold, shelter, conceal

    class-3 · strong · transitive
    Der Regenwald birgt bis heute viele Geheimnisse.
  3. to take in, shorten (a sail)

    class-3 · strong · transitive
    die Segel bergen
Where this word comes from

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

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