berggipfel

Berggipfel is a German noun meaning the summit of a mountain. It is formed from the words Berg (mountain) and Gipfel (summit) and refers to the highest point of a mountain or, less commonly, to a high point on a large hill. In standard German the term is written as Berggipfel with a capital B.

In geographic and mountaineering usage, Berggipfel denotes the peak itself as a geographic feature, often used in topographic descriptions, maps, and trip reports. The term Gipfel is more general and can refer to the summit of any landform, while Berggipfel is specifically tied to mountains, though in everyday speech the two are frequently used interchangeably.

Reaching a Berggipfel is usually the primary objective for climbers and hikers seeking panoramic views or a defined apex of a route. Summit characteristics such as altitude, prominence, route difficulty, cairns, trig points, or boundary markers may be noted in guides and databases.

There is no single geographic entity universally known as "Berggipfel"; rather it is a generic term used across German-speaking regions to describe mountain summits.

See also Gipfel, Berg, Topographie.