Did you know that 'iceberg' is actually Dutch?

'Iceberg' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'ijsberg'. The word entered the English language some time around 1820.

iceberg [noun] [1820]

• a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
• an emotionally cold person
• iceberg lettuce

See 'iceberg' on the Loan Words Map

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note: The origin might be Scandinavian (Danish or Norwegian) - not Dutch.
Etymology: Probably part translation of Dan or Norwegian 'isberg' from 'is' ice + 'berg' mountain

See more loan words from 1800s.