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kolberg

/kˈoʊlbɚɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
kol-berg
IPA
/kˈoʊlbɚɡ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Kolberg, a habitational surname for someone who came from the city of Kołobrzeg, now in Poland. * Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Kolberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements kol (“coal”) and berg (“mountain”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kolbergs (plural)

Homonyms

kohlberg

Rhymes With

kohlberg stolberg

Questions

How do you pronounce kolberg?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊlbɚɡ/.
What does kolberg mean?
A surname.
Where does kolberg come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce kolberg

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