"bergnabb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈbærɡˌnabː/ Forms: bergnabben [definite, singular], bergnabber [indefinite, plural], bergnabbene [definite, plural], bergnabbe [alternative]
Rhymes: -abː Etymology: From berg (“rock; mountain”) + nabb (“peg, projection; rocky outcrop”). The first element is from Old Norse berg (“rock, mountain”), from Proto-Germanic *bergą (“mountain, hill”), and the second element is from Old Norse nabbr (“peg, projection”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk bergnabb (“small rocky top, outcrop”). Etymology templates: {{compound|nb|berg|nabb|t1=rock; mountain|t2=peg, projection; rocky outcrop}} berg (“rock; mountain”) + nabb (“peg, projection; rocky outcrop”), {{der|nb|non|berg|t=rock, mountain}} Old Norse berg (“rock, mountain”), {{der|nb|gem-pro|*bergą|t=mountain, hill}} Proto-Germanic *bergą (“mountain, hill”), {{der|nb|non|nabbr|t=peg, projection}} Old Norse nabbr (“peg, projection”), {{cog|nn|bergnabb|t=small rocky top, outcrop}} Norwegian Nynorsk bergnabb (“small rocky top, outcrop”) Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} bergnabb m (definite singular bergnabben, indefinite plural bergnabber, definite plural bergnabbene)
  1. a small rocky top, outcrop, or knoll Tags: masculine Synonyms: bergknatt, bergknaus, fjellnabb
    Sense id: en-bergnabb-nb-noun-fLtrdmDn Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    [
      "berg",
      "berg#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "nabb",
      "nabb#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "berg",
      "berg#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*bergą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bergą"
    ],
    [
      "nabbr",
      "nabbr#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "bergnabb",
      "bergnabb#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ]
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "nb",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "bergnabb",
        "t": "small rocky top, outcrop"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk bergnabb (“small rocky top, outcrop”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From berg (“rock; mountain”) + nabb (“peg, projection; rocky outcrop”). The first element is from Old Norse berg (“rock, mountain”), from Proto-Germanic *bergą (“mountain, hill”), and the second element is from Old Norse nabbr (“peg, projection”).\nCompare Norwegian Nynorsk bergnabb (“small rocky top, outcrop”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bergnabben",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bergnabber",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bergnabbene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bergnabbe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bergnabb m (definite singular bergnabben, indefinite plural bergnabber, definite plural bergnabbene)",
      "name": "nb-noun-m1"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "berg",
        "nabb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cabin stood on a small rocky outcrop above the fjord.",
          "text": "Hytta lå på en liten bergnabb over fjorden.",
          "translation": "The cabin stood on a small rocky outcrop above the fjord.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sitting room had a view over the town, which had been squeezed together along the river mouth by steep, rugged rocky outcrops.",
          "ref": "1900, Tryggve Andersen, Mod kvæld:",
          "text": "Dagligstuen havde udsigt over byen, som af bratte, forrevne bjergnabber var trængt sammen langs elvemundingen.",
          "translation": "The sitting room had a view over the town, which had been squeezed together along the river mouth by steep, rugged rocky outcrops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "only the sharpest rocky outcrops stuck out bare and black",
          "ref": "1881, Kristian Elster, Farlige Folk, page 293:",
          "text": "blot de skarpeste Bergnabber stak nøgne og sorte frem",
          "translation": "only the sharpest rocky outcrops stuck out bare and black",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "one had to go up onto the rocky outcrop behind the house before the horizon became visible",
          "ref": "1992, Ketil Bjørnstad, Villa Europa, page 244:",
          "text": "man måtte gå opp på bergnabben bak huset før horisonten ble synlig",
          "translation": "one had to go up onto the rocky outcrop behind the house before the horizon became visible",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small rocky top, outcrop, or knoll"
      ],
      "id": "en-bergnabb-nb-noun-fLtrdmDn",
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "outcrop",
          "outcrop"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bergknatt"
        },
        {
          "word": "bergknaus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fjellnabb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbærɡˌnabː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bergnabb"
}
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "berg",
      "berg#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
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      "nabb",
      "nabb#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "berg",
      "berg#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "*bergą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bergą"
    ],
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      "nabbr",
      "nabbr#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "bergnabb",
      "bergnabb#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ]
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bergnabben",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bergnabber",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bergnabbene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bergnabbe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bergnabb m (definite singular bergnabben, indefinite plural bergnabber, definite plural bergnabbene)",
      "name": "nb-noun-m1"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "berg",
        "nabb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål compound terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/abː",
        "Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/abː/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cabin stood on a small rocky outcrop above the fjord.",
          "text": "Hytta lå på en liten bergnabb over fjorden.",
          "translation": "The cabin stood on a small rocky outcrop above the fjord.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sitting room had a view over the town, which had been squeezed together along the river mouth by steep, rugged rocky outcrops.",
          "ref": "1900, Tryggve Andersen, Mod kvæld:",
          "text": "Dagligstuen havde udsigt over byen, som af bratte, forrevne bjergnabber var trængt sammen langs elvemundingen.",
          "translation": "The sitting room had a view over the town, which had been squeezed together along the river mouth by steep, rugged rocky outcrops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "only the sharpest rocky outcrops stuck out bare and black",
          "ref": "1881, Kristian Elster, Farlige Folk, page 293:",
          "text": "blot de skarpeste Bergnabber stak nøgne og sorte frem",
          "translation": "only the sharpest rocky outcrops stuck out bare and black",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "one had to go up onto the rocky outcrop behind the house before the horizon became visible",
          "ref": "1992, Ketil Bjørnstad, Villa Europa, page 244:",
          "text": "man måtte gå opp på bergnabben bak huset før horisonten ble synlig",
          "translation": "one had to go up onto the rocky outcrop behind the house before the horizon became visible",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small rocky top, outcrop, or knoll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "outcrop",
          "outcrop"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bergknatt"
        },
        {
          "word": "bergknaus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fjellnabb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbærɡˌnabː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bergnabb"
}

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