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See also: BORG, Borg, bôrg, and borġ

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

  1. Synonym of 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.

Etymology 2

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

  1. Alternative form of BORG.

Anagrams

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German vurch. Cognate with German Furche, English furrow.

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

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish borgh, burg, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), cognate with German Burg (“castle”) and English borough. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”), which is also the source of Danish bjerg (“mountain”).

Noun

borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)

  1. castle, stronghold
Inflection
More information common gender, singular ...
Further reading

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 the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

borg

  1. imperative of borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔrx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: borg
  • Rhymes: -ɔrx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borge, ultimately from the root of the verb bergen (“to protect, safeguard”).

Noun

borg m (plural borgen, no diminutive)

  1. surety, bail
    Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie
  2. guarantor
  3. deposit
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: borg
  • → Indonesian: boreh
  • → Papiamentu: bòrg, borg, borg
  • → Sranan Tongo: borgu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

borg

  1. singular past indicative of bergen
  2. inflection of borgen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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
More information f2, singular ...

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
More information n3s, singular ...
Synonyms
  • (bail): borgan
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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Irish

Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

  1. alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Declension

More information bare forms, singular ...

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Danish borg, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Inherited with masculine declension from Danish, the optional feminine declension was later borrowed from Nynorsk.

Noun

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

  1. a castle (fortified building)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Old English

Etymology

Related to the verb borgian (“to borrow”), which see.

Pronunciation

Noun

borg m

  1. pledge

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

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

More information feminine, singular ...

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “borg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

borg c

  1. a fortified castle (or city)
Usage notes

Compare slott, which leans more towards palace.

Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English, from cyborg.

Noun

borg c

  1. a borg
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...

References

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