burcgrave
Middle High German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German burggrāfo, burggrāfio. Equivalent to burc (“castle”) + grâve (“count”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editburcgrâve m
Declension
editDeclension of burcgrâve (masculine, weak)
singular | plural | ||||
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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
edit- English: burgrave, burggrave
- Czech: purkrabě, purkrabí
- ?Middle Dutch: burchgrave
- Middle French: bourchgrave, bourgrave
- French: burgrave
- German: Burggraf
- Medieval Latin: burgrāvius
- Slovak: purkgróf
References
edit- “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.