borg

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb 3.2 Noun 4 Icelandic 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Pronunciation 5.1.2 Noun 5.1.2.1 See also 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ɡ

[edit] Noun

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

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

1. Alternative spelling of Borg.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

borg c

1. castle, stronghold

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[edit] Verb

borg

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

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borg m. (plural borgen, no diminutive)

1. surety
2. guarantor

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈb̥ɔrɡ̊]

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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

[edit] Derived terms

• borgarbúi
• borgardómari
• borgarfulltrúi
• borgarhluti
• borgarísjaki
• borgarstjóri
• borgarsjórn
• höfuðborg
• Vínarborg

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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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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

[edit] See also

• slott (non-fortified)

[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