borch

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz.

Noun

borch f

1. fortress, castle
2. city

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• burch

Descendants

• Dutch: burg, burcht
  • Afrikaans: burg
• Limburgish: bórg, börch

Further reading

• “borch”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “borch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I