bergie.
A homeless person in Cape Town.
Meaning & usage
A homeless person in Cape Town.
The man joined a group of bergies sleeping near the police station and pretended to be one of them when confronted by the rangers.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans bergie, from berg (“mountain”). So called because they used to live in the mountains.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.