burg
English
Noun
burg (plural burgs)
- (Canada, US) A city or town.
- 2009 June, Thriault, David, “This Way In: The Sound and the Fury”, in Esquire, volume 151, number 6, page 6:
- Imagine my surprise when I learned that he was not only a Canadian but lived in Ottawa, that icy burg I had left so many kilometers -- sorry, miles -- behind me.
- 2010 Feb, Orloff, Paige, “Big Style on a (Little) Budget”, in Country Living, volume 33, number 2, page 84:
- It's been said that Wilder modeled that fictional setting on Peterborough, a quaint burg tucked away in New Hampshire's verdant southwestern hills.
- (historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.
Related terms
Translations
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”).
Noun
burg m (indefinite plural burgje, definite singular burgu, definite plural burgjet)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʏrx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: burg
- Rhymes: -ʏrx
Irish
Noun
burg m (genitive singular buirg, nominative plural buirg)
- Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
burg | bhurg | mburg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "burg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “burg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “burg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burgz.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: borch
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
burg f (nominative plural byriġ)
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | burg | byrġ |
accusative | burg | byrġ |
genitive | byrġ | burga |
dative | byrġ | burgum |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). Cognate with Old Saxon burg, Frankish *burg, Old English burh, Old Norse borg, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs). Also related to Old High German berg and more distantly to Latin fortis.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊrɣ/
Noun
burg f