Burgfrieden
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German burcvriede (“special legal status of a castle shared by several heirs, strictly forbidding violence like feuds etc. within”). Can be analysed synchronously as Burg (“castle, fortification”) + Frieden (“peace”). Revived by national romanticism in the 19th century and applied especially to the suspension of inter-party rivalry in the German Empire during World War I.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBurgfrieden m (strong, genitive Burgfriedens, no plural)
- truce, esp. between rival factions within a community against an external threat.
Declension
editDeclension of Burgfrieden [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Descendants
edit- → Danish: borgfred (calque)
- → Finnish: linnarauha (calque)
Further reading
edit- “Burgfrieden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache