berth

(Engels)

Noun

1. (broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
2. (broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
3. (broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
4. (broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
5. (broadly) An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.
6. (broadly) A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
7. (broadly) A place for a vehicle on land to park.
8. (figuratively) An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
9. (figuratively) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
10. (figuratively, slang) A proper place for a thing.
11. (figuratively) A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
12. (figuratively) A position on a field of play.

Verb

1. (transitive) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
2. (specifically, transitive) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
3. (broadly, transitive) To assign (someone) a berth (noun sense 1.3 or sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To provide (someone) with a berth (noun sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
5. (intransitive, reflexive) Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
6. (broadly, intransitive) Of a person: to occupy a berth.

Verb

Chiefly in shipbuilding: to construct (a ship or part of it) using wooden boards or planks; to board, to plank.

Tegenovergesteld aan

unberth

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɜːθ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: birth

Overgenomen van Oudengels: beran

In summary

The noun is derived from Late Middle English birth (“(nautical) bearing away or off, clearance, berth”). Further etymology uncertain, but probably from beren (“to carry (away), bear”) + -th (suffix denoting a condition, quality, state of being, etc., forming nouns); if so, the English word is analysable as bear + -th (suffix forming nouns from verbs), and is a piecewise doublet of birth.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Concepten

ligplaats

kooi

aankaarten

aanklampen

aan komen lopen

aanlanden

aan land gaan

aanleggen

aanpakken

aansnijden

aanspreken

aanvangen

aan wal komen

ankerplaats

bed

🛏️

bedding

beginnen

beginnen met

couchette

enteren

hut

laag

landen

leger

meren

pak

📦

stoten op

toespreken

toetreden

vasthaken

zich stoten aan

voor anker gaan

aanbinden

aanmeren

aanhaken

🪝

Synoniemen

moor

bunk

anchorage

moorage

bed

🛏️

wharf

tie up

anchor

⚓

position

post

billet

spot

cot

place

mooring

office

🏢

situation

sleeping berth

built in bed

slip

dock

haven

hitch on

hook on

lair

land

landing stage

layer

locale

location

locus

lower

mend

moorings

niche

patch

point

poise

seat

💺

shipping space

site

slot

start

stratum

tackle

tie-up

come to anchor

venue

call at a port

come alongside

Vertalingen

cuccetta

couchette

anlegen

Koje

attraccare

ormeggio

Liegeplatz

attracco

leito

αγκυροβόλιο

ormeggiare

litera

Landungsplatz

assegnare una cuccetta

accoster