Bert

American  

[burt] / bɜrt /

noun

1. a first name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.

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Example Sentences

“Inflation alarm bells are ringing,” said Bert Colijn, chief economist for the Netherlands at ING, noting a three-year high in industry selling-price expectations and a sharp spike in consumer inflation views.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The research group, led by Professors Jens Pflaum and Bert Hecht, reported the advance in the journal Science Advances.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

It was under water during Storm Dennis and Storm Bert, with properties extensively damaged.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

"Accelerating growth in Germany, Spain and Italy, to a lesser extent, made up for slow growth in France," said ING chief economist Bert Colijn.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

For more than one year, Bert lived as a U-boat, as Jewish fugitives were called, harbored among kind and not-so-kind Germans and living in bombed-out buildings.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti