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Burg

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See also: burg and -burg

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of Burgundy.

Noun

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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.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʊʁk/, [bʊʁk], [bʊɐ̯k] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /bʊɐ̯ç/, [bʊɪ̯ç] (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
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Etymology 1

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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

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Burg f (genitive Burg, plural Burgen or Bürge)

  1. castle, fortification
  2. beaver lodge
  3. sandcastle
Usage notes
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The plural form Bürge is archaic and out of use.

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Etymology 2

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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

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

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