Burggraf
German (Berlin)
[ˈbʊrkɡraːf]
noun
Definitions
- (historical) a male burgrave a military governor or commander of a castle, fortress or medieval fortified town, especially within the Holy Roman Empire
- similar to a French chatelain or Late Middle English castellan
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German burcgrâve derived from Old High German burggrāfo compound from German Burg (castle, fortification, fortress) + German Graf (count, earl).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Graf
Gloss
count, earl
Concept
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Modern world
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- Freiburg English
- burgrave English
- burgravine English
- graf English
- Bettenburg German
- Burg German
- Burggräfin German
- Bürger German
- Gaugraf German
- Graf German
- Grafschaft German
- Gräfin German
- Hauptburg German
- Hochburg German
- Hüpfburg German
- Landgraf German
- Markgraf German
- Siebenbürgen German
- Wagenburg German
- burgähnlich German
- graaf Dutch, Flemish
- Bourges French
- граф Russian
- grafo Esperanto
- burg Old High German
- burggrāfo Old High German
- grāfio Old High German
- grāfiene Latvian
- grāfs Latvian
- граф Bulgarian
- burcgrave Middle High German
- burcgrâve Middle High German
- grâve Middle High German