After several weeks of painstaking search, I can now state definitely: argyrodite contains a new element, very similar to antimony and yet sharply distinguished from it, to which the name germanium shall be given.
Definition of Bergenia. 1 : a genus of perennial spring-blooming herbs (family Saxifragaceae) native to central and eastern Asia that have large thick rootstocks which produce typical colonies or clumps of plants with very thick heavy leaves.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Bergen. Bergen is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. As of 9 June 2013, the municipality had a population of 269,300 and Greater Bergen had a population of 395,900, making Bergen the second-largest city in Norway.