No. 848 in Swedish
berg
"Mountain" or "hill."
In a sentence
Bergen är täckta av snö under vintern.
The mountains are covered with snow during the winter.
In this sentence, 'berg' is used to refer to geographical mountains or large natural elevations of the Earth's surface.
Han har ett berg av papper att gå igenom på jobbet.
He has a mountain of papers to go through at work.
Here, 'berg' is utilized metaphorically to describe a large amount of something, similar to the English expression 'a mountain of'.
De besteg berget tillsammans som en tävling.
They climbed the mountain together as a competition.
In this example, 'berg' denotes a specific mountain, emphasizing its use as a physical and natural entity.
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