bertha

/ˈbɝθə/

name 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, beautiful, dead, excellent, little

VERB + BERTHA

like, name

BERTHA + NOUN

ma, pappenheim, psychoanalysis, sally, spinner, sports

Definitions

name

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read at a stall in the streets of Southampton

Why couldn't they have called her by her first name, Bertha, which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"?

Alternative form of Perchta (“goddess in Alpine paganism”).

noun

A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress

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You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read at a stall in the streets of Southampton

Wiktionary

Why couldn't they have called her by her first name, Bertha, which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"?

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"No wonder she never gets anywhere with a name like Bertha," Sally said, while having coffee afterwards with two of the other night-coursers. "It goes with her outfits, though." ( Bertha sports the ma

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Little Dead Bertha is an excellent band from Russia.

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Bertha Pappenheim described psychoanalysis as "the talking cure".

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