borg

See also: Borg and bôrg

English

Etymology

Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ɡ

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

1. cyborg
   • 2003, Dalos Gaymer, “Gotcha Force Review for GameCube”, GameFAQs:

     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.

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of Borg

Anagrams

• Grob, brog

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Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

borg m

1. (Sette Comuni) furrow (trench cut in soil)

References

• “borg” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrv/, [b̥ɒːˀw]

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Related to bjerg (“mountain”).

Noun

borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)

1. castle, stronghold

Inflection

Declension of borg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	borg	borgen	borge	borgene
genitive	borgs	borgens	borges	borgenes

Further reading

• borg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Noun

borg c

1. (dated) credit

   På borg. ― On credit.

Etymology 3

See borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”).

Verb

borg

1. imperative of borge

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrx/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: borg
• Rhymes: -ɔrx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borge.

Noun

borg m (plural borgen)

1. surety, bail

   Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie

2. guarantor
3. deposit

Derived terms

• borgtocht

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

borg

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of bergen
2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of borgen
3. (deprecated template usage) imperative of borgen

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɹk/

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Related to berg (“mountain”), bjørg (“mountain side”).

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, plural borgir)

1. castle, stronghold

Declension

Declension of borg
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	borg	borgin	borgir	borgirnar
accusative	borg	borgina	borgir	borgirnar
dative	borg	borgini	borgum	borgunum
genitive	borgar	borgarinnar	borga	borganna

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish borg, from Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Noun

borg n (genitive singular borgs, uncountable)

1. bail
2. (dated) credit

   At keypa upp á borg.

   To buy on credit.

Declension

Declension of borg (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	borg	borgið
accusative	borg	borgið
dative	borgi	borginum
genitive	borgs	borgsins

Synonyms

• (bail): borgan

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Icelandic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Related to berg, bjarg (“rock, cliff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrk/
• Rhymes: -ɔrk

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

1. city
2. castle
3. a rocky hill (with cliffs)

Declension

declension of borg

f-s2	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

Derived terms

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

 

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Irish

Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Declension

Declension of borg

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative borg boirg Vocative a bhoirg a bhorga Genitive boirg borg Dative borg boirg

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an borg na boirg Genitive an bhoirg na mborg Dative leis an mborg don bhorg leis na boirg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
borg	bhorg	mborg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Noun

borg m or f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

1. a castle (fortified building)

References

• “borg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Noun

borg f (definite singular borga, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

1. a castle

References

• “borg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /borɡ/, [borˠɣ]

Noun

borg m (nominative plural borgas)

1. pledge

Declension

Declension of borg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	borg	borgas
accusative	borg	borgas
genitive	borges	borga
dative	borge	borgum

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

Noun

borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)

1. A city, town (often fortified)
2. A castle
3. Any fortified place

Declension

  Declension of borg (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	borg	borgin	borgir	borgirnar
accusative	borg	borgina	borgir	borgirnar
dative	borgu	borgunni	borgum	borgunum
genitive	borgar	borgarinnar	borga	borganna

Descendants

• Danish: borg
• Elfdalian: borg
• Faroese: borg
• Icelandic: borg
• Norwegian: borg
• Old Swedish: borgh
  • Swedish: borg
• , borg

References

• “borg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Swedish

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Swedish borgh (“fortress, city”), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

borg c

1. a fortified castle (or city)

Declension

Declension of borg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	borg	borgen	borgar	borgarna
Genitive	borgs	borgens	borgars	borgarnas

Related terms

• Borg
• borga
• borgare
• borgen
• borgerlig
• borgmästare
• Göteborg
• Helsingborg

 

See also

• slott (non-fortified)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English, from cyborg.

Noun

borg c

1. a borg

Declension

Declension of borg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	borg	borgen	borger	borgerna
Genitive	borgs	borgens	borgers	borgernas