berg means hill and burg means castle.
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Berg and Burg are pronounced differently in German. In English the two words are often homophones.
Yes it is ! This is quite a rare name. There are only 244 entries in the German telephone book. I thought it might be taken from the name of a town or village, but that is not the case. It probably comes from the words "Mal" (to paint) and "Burg" (castle). Many names have been created in this way over the centuries. It usually indicates that the original holder of the name carried out a certain type of work. In this case it is probably someone who painted murals or the multi coloured shutters that one finds on and in German castles.
The first syllable "burg" is typically stressed in the word "burglar."
"un bourg" is an old noun for a village in French. This has the same origin than the German 'burg' or the English 'borough'. You can find the noun in various placenames in France, like Bourges, Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourg-de-Valence, ...
The word "burg" in Old English means fort and comes from the Saxon origin.
How many times does your mouth open when you say the word? Bur-glar. Two syllables.
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Burg is a German word and means castle.
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No the ice burg can't die. some times it just tips.
Yes. The word "Castles states there is a Castle, "Schloss-burg" meaning Palace-Castle. It was the home of our Von Der Berg ancestors for centuries. "BURG CASTLE ON THE WUPPER". The name "VON DER BURG" means from the castle. It was derived from the castle SCHLOSS-BURG on the Wupper River. This later was Americanized to Funderburk or Funderburg.
It is possible to break the ice-burg but you need alot of people there!From kittycat6983
well aculy the titanic did not sink from only a ice burg the men accidentally turned up the speed and turned towards the ice burg and that is what really happened.
you can't tip the ice burg at all. you could be banned for a day OR forever.
German equivalent would be "Kathrin" or "Katrin" (without the "h")
From the German "Von Der Burg" (From the Castle). When spoken in German, "Von Der Burg" sounds almost identical to Funderburk. So "Johnny Funderburk" would have been "Johnny, from the Castle".
The castle, Burg Nassau, is now a ruin. It is on the River Lahn. See the Related Links for "Wikipedia: Burg Nassau" to the bottom for the answer.