Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bergstock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: berg-stock
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbing mountains; an alpenstock.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bergstock (literally “mountain stick”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Bergstock

Inflected Forms

bergstocks (plural)

Questions

What does bergstock mean?: A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbing mountains; an alpenstock.
Where does bergstock come from?: It is traced to German.

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