Burg
German (Berlin)
/bʊʁk/, /bʊɐ̯ç/
noun
Definitions
- castle, fortification
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German burg (fortress) inherited from *burg inherited from Proto-Germanic *burgz (stronghold, city, fortress, borough, fortification, hill-fort, fortified town, town, burg, castle) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect), *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerǵʰ-
Gloss
high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blythburgh English
- Edithburgh English
- Foxborough English
- Freiburg English
- Marlborough English
- Musselburgh English
- borough English
- boroughholder English
- boroughhood English
- boroughmaster English
- boroughmonger English
- boroughwide English
- burgh English
- burghal English
- burghbote English
- burgher English
- burghmote English
- burgrave English
- burgravine English
- county borough English
- interborough English
- multiborough English
- Viipuri Finnish
- *burgus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- burgus Latin
- fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificō Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortis, fortem Latin
- fortitūdō Latin
- Betten German
- Bettenburg German
- Bildungsbürger German
- Burggraf German
- Burggräfin German
- Burkhard German
- Bürger German
- Bürgerhaus German
- Bürgerkrieg German
- Bürgerschaft German
- Bürgersinn German
- Bürgersteig German
- Bürgerwehr German
- Graf German
- Hauptburg German
- Hochburg German
- Hüpfburg German
- Kleinbürger German
- Mitbürger German
- Normalbürger German
- Reichsbürger German
- Schildbürger German
- Siebenbürgen German
- Spießbürger German
- Staatsbürger German
- Wagen German
- Wagenburg German
- Wutbürger German
- ausbürgern German
- burgähnlich German
- bürgerlich German
- einbürgern German
- frei German
- hoch German
- hüpfen German
- sieben German
- ähnlich German
- borgo Italian
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- beverburcht Dutch, Flemish
- burcht Dutch, Flemish
- burchtheer Dutch, Flemish
- burchtvrouw Dutch, Flemish
- dassenburcht Dutch, Flemish
- dwangburcht Dutch, Flemish
- kerkburcht Dutch, Flemish
- wagenburcht Dutch, Flemish
- Bourges French
- bourg French
- brío Spanish, Castilian
- Φρύξ Ancient Greek
- πύργος Ancient Greek
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ-, *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰonts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *bergaz Proto-Germanic
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- Banna Old English
- burg Old English
- burh Old English
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- borwe Middle English
- borg Old Norse
- borg Danish
- borgmester Danish
- *bergъ Proto-Slavic
- borgeis Old French
- burgeis Old French
- purgar Serbo-Croatian
- berg Icelandic
- burch Middle Dutch
- burg Old High German
- burgāri Old High German
- բառնամ Old Armenian
- burgo Ido
- burcgrâve Middle High German
- burg Middle High German
- burger Middle High German
- Buerg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- burg Albanian
- fort Middle French
- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- בורג Yiddish
- *burg gmw-pro
- *burg Old Dutch
- burg Old Dutch
- *Senobrix Proto-Celtic
- *bargīti Proto-Celtic
- *brigantīnos Proto-Celtic
- *brixs Proto-Celtic
- *kaito- Proto-Celtic
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- *lestro- Proto-Celtic
- *talu- Proto-Celtic
- *trāgi- Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸano-, *ɸeno- Proto-Celtic
- *bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- burg Old Saxon
- *burg Frankish
- ܒܘܪܓܐ Classical Syriac
- forctis Old Latin
- berz Zazaki
- 𒁓𒂵𒈾 Urartian
- Graf
- hoch
- frei
- Wagen
- Betten
- hüpfen
- sieben
- Bürger
- ähnlich
- Burggraf
- Hüpfburg
- Hochburg
- Burkhard
- Wutbürger
- Mitbürger
- Wagenburg
- Hauptburg
- Burggräfin
- Bürgersinn
- ausbürgern
- Bürgerwehr
- bürgerlich
- einbürgern
- Bürgerhaus
- Bettenburg
- Spießbürger
- Kleinbürger
- Bürgersteig
- burgähnlich
- Bürgerkrieg
- Siebenbürgen
- Schildbürger
- Bürgerschaft
- Staatsbürger
- Reichsbürger
- Normalbürger
- Bildungsbürger