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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
borg

Plural
borgs

borg (plural borgs)

  1. cyborg
    quotations:
    • 2003:"You'll also have to put together a team or Force of borgs that you won from winning battles. Before battle you assemble your Force within the GF Energy Limit. Each borg has a cost attached to them and this GF Energy Limit is kind of like your budget." — "Gotcha Force review", GameFAQs, [1]

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to borg

Third person singular
borgs

Simple past
borged

Past participle
borged

Present participle
borging

to borg (third-person singular simple present borgs, present participle borging, simple past and past participle borged)

  1. Alternative spelling of Borg.

[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

borg c

  1. castle, stronghold

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

borg

  1. singular past tense of bergen
  2. first person singular present tense of borgen

[edit] Noun

borg m. (plural borgen, no diminutive)

  1. surety
  2. guarantor

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈb̥ɔrɡ̊]

[edit] Noun

borg f. (borg-ar, borg-ir)

  1. a town, a city
  2. a castle
  3. a rocky hill

[edit] Declension

Declension of borg
(singular) (plural)
(indefinite) (definite) (indefinite) (definite)
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borg borginni borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna
Other words with the same declension

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Swedish borgh ("fortress", "city"), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

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[edit] Noun

borg c.

Inflection for borg Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form borg borgen borgar borgarna
Possessive form borgs borgens borgars borgarnas
  1. a fortified castle
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[edit] Etymology 2

From English, from cyborg.

[edit] Noun

borg c.

Inflection for borg Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form borg borgen borger borgerna
Possessive form borgs borgens borgers borgernas
  1. (Star Trek) a borg