German

Noun

Burg f ‎(genitive Burg, plural Burgen or Bürge)

1. castle, fortification

Usage notes

The plural form Bürge is archaic.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• Bürger

See also

• Schloss n

English

Noun

burg ‎(plural burgs)

1. (Canada, US) A city or town.
   • 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012:

     Tell mother that I will write her in a day or two, probably from Chicago, as I have always had an idea that that was one burg where I could make good.

   • 2009 June, Thriault, David, “This Way In: The Sound and the Fury”, in Esquire, volume 151, number 6, page 6:

     Imagine my surprise when I learned that he was not only a Canadian but lived in Ottawa, that icy burg I had left so many kilometers -- sorry, miles -- behind me.

   • 2010 Feb, Orloff, Paige, “Big Style on a (Little) Budget”, in Country Living, volume 33, number 2, page 84:

     It's been said that Wilder modeled that fictional setting on Peterborough, a quaint burg tucked away in New Hampshire's verdant southwestern hills.

2. (historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.

Related terms

• burgher
• burghermaster
• burgomaster
• burgrave

Translations

Anagrams

• grub

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burgz ‎(“borough, fortification”).

Noun

burg m (indefinite plural burgje, definite singular burgu, definite plural burgjet)

1. jail, prison. (brig)

Synonyms

• hapsane f, haps m, quzë f

Old English

Alternative forms

• burh

Noun

burg f

1. city, town

   Sceal seó burg bÍdan — the city shall remain

2. stronghold, fort, castle
3. dwelling-place

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: burgh
  • Scots: burgh
  • English: borough

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‎(“fortified elevation”). Cognate with Old Saxon burg, Frankish *burg, Old English burh, Old Norse borg, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 ‎(baurgs). Also related to Old High German berg and more distantly to Latin fortis.

Noun

burg ?

1. a castle
2. a city

Descendants

• German: Burg

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• burh
• burug

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‎(“fortified elevation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊrɣ/

Noun

burg f

1. fort, castle

   imu thô an Effrem an theru hôhon burg uunode — he then lived in the high fort of Effrem (Heliand, verse 4187)

2. city, town

   bûan an them burugium — to live in these cities (Genesis, verse 238)

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: Borg