burc

See also: burç and bürc

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• burec, buric, purc

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German burg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈburk/

Noun

burc f

1. a castle
2. a city

Declension

Declension of burc (strong feminine ending in a consonant)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	burc	die	bürge
genitive	einer	dër	bürge, burc	dër	bürge
dative	einer	dër	bürge, burc	dën	bürgen
accusative	eine	die	burc	die	bürge

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Borrich, Beuch
  • Luxembourgish: Buerg
• German: Burg
• Yiddish: בורג (burg)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “burc”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "burc (1)" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Old French

Alternative forms

• burg, borc, bourg, bourc

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, cognate with English borough and burg. Probably from Frankish, or through a Late Latin intermediate burgus.

Noun

burc oblique singular, m (oblique plural burs, nominative singular burs, nominative plural burc)

1. town or city

Descendants

• Middle French: bourg, bourc
  • French: bourg
• Bourguignon: bôrg
• Norman: bourg