burcgrave

Middle High German

FWOTD – 10 July 2015

Etymology

From Old High German burggrāfo, burggrāfio. Equivalent to burc (“castle”) +‎ grâve (“count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burkɡraːvə/
• IPA^(key): /burɡɡraːvə/ (Alemannic dialects)

Noun

burcgrâve m

1. burgrave

Declension

Declension of burcgrâve (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	burcgrâve	die	burcgrâven
genitive	eines	dës	burcgrâven	dër	burcgrâven
dative	einem	dëm	burcgrâven	dën	burcgrâven
accusative	einen	dën	burcgrâven	die	burcgrâven

Descendants

• English: burgrave, burggrave
• Czech: purkrabě, purkrabí
• ?Middle Dutch: burchgrave
• Middle French: bourchgrave, bourgrave
  • French: burgrave
• German: Burggraf
• Medieval Latin: burgrāvius
  • ?Ido: burgravo
  • Italian: burgravio
• Slovak: purkgróf

References

• “burcgrâve” Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Wilhelm Müller, and Friedrich Zarncke. Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke. Vol. 1. S. Hirzel, 1863.
• “burgrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.