See also: Borgen and Börgen

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From borge (to guarantee) +‎ -en. Compare Old Norse borgan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɔrvən/, [ˈb̥ɒːwən, ˈb̥ɒˀwən]

Noun edit

borgen c

  1. guarantee, warranty

Etymology 2 edit

See borg (castle).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɔrvən/, [ˈb̥ɒːˀwən]

Noun edit

borgen c

  1. definite singular of borg
  2. (slang) Christiansborg Palace (the Danish house of parliament)

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bor‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɣən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch borgen. Equivalent to borg +‎ -en.

Verb edit

borgen

  1. (transitive) to secure, to keep safe
  2. (transitive) to guarantee
  3. (transitive, office slang) to ensure the sustainability of a particular policy or procedure
  4. (transitive, now dialectal) to lend (especially of credit)
    Synonym: lenen
  5. (transitive, dated, dialectal) to borrow
    Synonym: lenen
Inflection edit
Inflection of borgen (weak)
infinitive borgen
past singular borgde
past participle geborgd
infinitive borgen
gerund borgen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular borg borgde
2nd person sing. (jij) borgt borgde
2nd person sing. (u) borgt borgde
2nd person sing. (gij) borgt borgde
3rd person singular borgt borgde
plural borgen borgden
subjunctive sing.1 borge borgde
subjunctive plur.1 borgen borgden
imperative sing. borg
imperative plur.1 borgt
participles borgend geborgd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Aukan: bolugu
  • Sranan Tongo: borgu

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

borgen

  1. plural of borg

Verb edit

borgen

  1. inflection of bergen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

German edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle High German borgen, from Old High German borgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɡən/, [ˈbɔʁ-], [ˈbɔɐ̯-], [ˈbɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bor‧gen

Verb edit

borgen (weak, third-person singular present borgt, past tense borgte, past participle geborgt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to borrow
  2. (transitive) to lend

Usage notes edit

  • For the distinction between both senses see the notes at leihen. Borgen is generally interchangeable with the former, but is less frequent and slightly informal.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • borgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • borgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • borgen” in Duden online
  • borgen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

borgen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of borg

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną; akin to Old English borġian.

Verb edit

borgēn

  1. to borrow

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

borgen

  1. definite singular of borg

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish borghæn, borghan, ultimately from the root of borga (warrant). Cognate of Icelandic borgan, Danish borgen.

Noun edit

borgen c

  1. (law) surety, security, guarantee (an undertaking to assume payment obligations for another person if that person is unable to pay themselves)
    gå i borgen för någonvouch for someone
  2. bail
Declension edit
Declension of borgen 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative borgen borgen
Genitive borgens borgens
Derived terms edit
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References edit