Burg
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Burg (countable and uncountable, plural Burgs)
- Burgundy wine.
- 2018, Joel Berman, “Rhône Vintages”, in So You Want to Be a Wine Merchant?, Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 98:
- Many 2006 Burgundy reds are drinking well now, the better 2007s, especially Chambolles, have been beautiful for a while, and the 2008s could be left alone for a year or so to resolve their tannins. I find many 2011 and 2012 Burgs seductive, and irresistible, just bursting with fruit.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bʊʁk/, [bʊʁk], [bʊɐ̯k] (standard)
- IPA(key): /bʊɐ̯ç/, [bʊɪ̯ç] (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, a form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).
Compare Dutch burcht, English borough, ‑bury, Danish borg.
Noun edit
Burg f (genitive Burg, plural Burgen or Bürge)
Usage notes edit
The plural form Bürge is archaic and out of use.
Declension edit
Declension of Burg [feminine]
Derived terms edit
- Bettenburg
- Burganlage
- burgartig
- Burgbelagerung
- Burgbesatzung
- Burgeingang
- Burgenland
- Bürger
- Burgfräulein
- Burgfriede
- Burggraben
- Burggraf
- Burggräfin
- Burghauptmann
- Burgherr
- Burghof
- Burgkeller
- Burgtor
- Burgtreppe
- Burgturm
- Burgverlies
- Burgverwalter
- Burgvogt
- Fluchtburg
- Hauptburg
- Hochburg
- Höhenburg
- Hüpfburg
- Ringburg
- Ritterburg
- Wagenburg
- Wasserburg
- Wehrburg
- Zwingburg
See also edit
- Schloss n
Further reading edit
- “Burg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Burg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Burg” in Duden online
- Burg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Etymology 2 edit
Probably not from etymology 1, as there has never been any kind of castle or fortification there, but rather from Proto-Slavic *bȏrgъ (“stack, rick”).
Proper noun edit
Burg n (proper noun, genitive Burgs or (optionally with an article) Burg)
- A town, the administrative seat of Jerichower Land district, Saxony-Anhalt