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Burg
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burg -burg
English
Etymology
en Burgundy.
Noun
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Burgundy wine.
en 2018 Joel Berman Rhône Vintages So You Want to Be a Wine Merchant? Tucson, AZ Wheatmark 9781627875875 ke9TDwAAQBAJ 98 Burgs Many 2006 Burgundy reds are drinking well now, the better 2007s, especially Chambolles, have been beautiful for a while, and the 2008s could be left alone for a year or so to resolve their tannins. I find many 2011 and 2012 Burgs seductive, and irresistible, just bursting with fruit.
Anagrams
en bgru grub
en Wines
German
Pronunciation
de /bʊʁk/ [bʊʁk] [bʊɐ̯k] standard
de /b̥ʊrɡ̊/ Swiss, Austro-Bavarian
de /bʊɐ̯ç/ [bʊɪ̯ç] northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial
de De-Burg.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
de :inh castle gmh:burc<id:castle> 1
From de gmh burc, from de goh burg, from de gmw-pro *burg, from de gem-pro *burgz, from de ine-pro *bʰérǵʰ-s, a form of de ine-pro *bʰerǵʰ- fortified elevation.
Compare nl burcht, en borough, en -bury ‑bury, da borg.
Noun
f,en:^e
castle, fortification
beaver lodge
sandcastle
Usage notes
The plural form de Bürge is archaic and out of use.
Declension
f,en:^e
The singular cases are from the original consonant stem declension, the plural from the i-stem used alternately from Old High German; the original dative plural Burgen now supplanting the other plural case forms.
Hyponyms
de Bettenburg Biberburg Fliehburg Fluchtburg Hauptburg Hochburg Höhenburg Hüpfburg Niederungsburg Ringburg Ritterburg Tiefenburg Turmhügelburg Wagenburg Wasserburg Wehrburg Zwingburg
Derived terms
de burgartig
de Bürger
Related terms
de Burganlage Burgbelagerung Burgbesatzung Burgeingang Burgenland Burgfräulein Burgfriede Burggraben Burggraf Burggräfin Burghauptmann Burgherr Burghof Burgkeller Burgtor Burgtreppe Burgturm Burgverlies Burgverwalter Burgvogt
See also
de Schloss n
Further reading
de
Etymology 2
de:+ (bei Magdeburg)
Probably not from etymology 1, as there has never been any kind of castle or fortification there, but rather from de sla-pro *bȏrgъ stack, rick.
Proper noun
toponym
de town/administrative seat dist/de:Jerichower Land s/Saxony-Anhalt
Anagrams
de bgru grub