burcht

Dutch

Alternative forms

• burg (now chiefly in names)

Etymology

With seemingly random addition of -t, from Middle Dutch burch, from Old Dutch *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

Cognate with German Burg, English borough, -bury, burrow, Danish borg.

For sense two, compare English burrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʏrxt/

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• Hyphenation: burcht

Noun

burcht m or f (plural burchten, diminutive burchtje n)

1. citadel, castle, borough

   Synonyms: citadel, kasteel, sterkte

2. burrow of a badger, fox or beaver

Derived terms

• beverburcht
• bovenburcht
• burchttoren
• dassenburcht
• dwangburcht
• torenburcht
• voorburcht
• vossenburcht
• wagenburcht