Bürde

See also: burde

German

Etymology

From a merger of Middle High German bürde and bürden, respectively from Old High German burdī and burdin, from Proto-West Germanic *burþī and *burþini, which last is also the source of English burden. The two forms were bound to merge because all Middle High German feminines in -en yield modern German -e (cf. Kette etc. and see Lüge for a similar merger).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏrdə/, [ˈbʏʁ.də], [ˈbʏɐ̯.də]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)); [ˈb̥ʏ̜ʁ̞də]:

  (file)

Noun

Bürde f (genitive Bürde, plural Bürden)

1. (archaic) burden, something carried

   Synonym: Last

2. (higher register, figurative) burden
   1. responsibility, obligation, important task

      Synonyms: Verantwortung, Pflicht, Aufgabe

   2. something grievous, troubling, inhibiting

      Synonyms: Last; Belastung, Drangsal, Kreuz, Mühe, Plage

Declension

Declension of Bürde [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bürde	die	Bürden
genitive	einer	der	Bürde	der	Bürden
dative	einer	der	Bürde	den	Bürden
accusative	eine	die	Bürde	die	Bürden

Derived terms

• aufbürden

Further reading

• “Bürde” in Duden online