Burg

See also: burg and -burg

English

Etymology

Clipping of Burgundy.

Noun

Burg (countable and uncountable, plural Burgs)

1. Burgundy wine.
   • 2018, Joel Berman, “Rhône Vintages”, in So You Want to Be a Wine Merchant?, Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 98:

     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

• grub

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊʁk/, [bʊʁk], [bʊɐ̯k] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /bʊɐ̯ç/, [bʊɪ̯ç] (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

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Etymology 1

From Old High German burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, a form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

Compare Dutch burcht, English borough, ‑bury, Danish borg.

Noun

Burg f (genitive Burg, plural Burgen or Bürge)

1. castle, fortification
2. beaver lodge
3. sandcastle

Usage notes

The plural form Bürge is archaic and out of use.

Declension

Declension of Burg [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Burg	die	Burgen, Bürge
genitive	einer	der	Burg	der	Burgen, Bürge
dative	einer	der	Burg	den	Burgen, Bürgen
accusative	eine	die	Burg	die	Burgen, Bürge

Derived terms

• Bettenburg
• Burganlage
• burgartig
• Burgbelagerung
• Burgbesatzung
• Burgeingang
• Burgenland
• Bürger
• Burgfräulein
• Burgfriede
• Burggraben
• Burggraf
• Burggräfin
• Burghauptmann
• Burgherr
• Burghof
• Burgkeller
• Burgtor
• Burgtreppe
• Burgturm
• Burgverlies
• Burgverwalter
• Burgvogt
• Fluchtburg
• Hauptburg
• Hochburg
• Höhenburg
• Hüpfburg
• Ringburg
• Ritterburg
• Wagenburg
• Wasserburg
• Wehrburg
• Zwingburg

 

See also

• Schloss n

Further reading

• “Burg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Burg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Burg” in Duden online
• Burg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Etymology 2

Probably not from etymology 1, as there has never been any kind of castle or fortification there, but rather from Proto-Slavic *bȏrgъ (“stack, rick”).

Proper noun

Burg n (proper noun, genitive Burgs or (optionally with an article) Burg)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Jerichower Land district, Saxony-Anhalt