Burgfrieden

German

Alternative forms

• Burgfriede

Etymology

From Middle High German burcvriede (“special legal status of a castle shared by several heirs, strictly forbidding violence like feuds etc. within”). Can be analysed synchronously as Burg (“castle, fortification”) +‎ Frieden (“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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdn̩], [ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdən]

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• Hyphenation: Burg‧frie‧den

Noun

Burgfrieden m (strong, genitive Burgfriedens, no plural)

1. truce, esp. between rival factions within a community against an external threat.

Declension

Declension of Burgfrieden [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Burgfrieden
genitive	eines	des	Burgfriedens
dative	einem	dem	Burgfrieden
accusative	einen	den	Burgfrieden

Descendants

• → Danish: borgfred (calque)
• → Finnish: linnarauha (calque)

Further reading

• “Burgfrieden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache