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Burgfrieden
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German
Alternative forms
de Burgfriede
Etymology
From de gmh burcvriede special legal status of a castle shared by several heirs, strictly forbidding violence like feuds etc. within. Can be analysed synchronously as de Burg Frieden castle, fortification peace. Revived by national romanticism in the 19th century and applied especially to the suspension of inter-party rivalry in the German Empire during World War I.
Pronunciation
de [ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdn̩] [ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdən]
de De-Burgfrieden.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Burg frie den
Noun
m.sg
truce, esp. between rival factions within a community against an external threat.
Declension
m.sg
Descendants
da borgfred 1
fi linnarauha 1
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