burcht
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- burg (now chiefly in names)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch burch, from Old Dutch *burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). The final -t is seemingly random, but not unheard of; such "paragogic" extensions occur occasionally in Dutch following a fricative or liquid word-final consonant. Compare for example hulst, kroost, rijst and arend.
Cognate with German Burg, English borough, -bury, burrow, Danish borg.
For sense two, compare English burrow.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
burcht m or f (plural burchten, diminutive burchtje n)