"Burg" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Burgs [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of Burgundy. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Burgundy}} Clipping of Burgundy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Burg (countable and uncountable, plural Burgs)
  1. Burgundy wine. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Wines
    Sense id: en-Burg-en-noun-YKIE3Nmm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [German]

IPA: /bʊʁk/, [bʊʁk], [bʊɐ̯k], /bʊɐ̯ç/, [bʊɪ̯ç] Audio: De-Burg.ogg Forms: Burgs [genitive], Burg [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: Probably not from etymology 1, as there has never been any kind of castle or fortification there, but rather from Proto-Slavic *bȏrgъ (“stack, rick”). Etymology templates: {{wp|Burg (bei Magdeburg)|lang=de}}, {{der|de|sla-pro|*bȏrgъ|t=stack, rick}} Proto-Slavic *bȏrgъ (“stack, rick”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Burg n (proper noun, genitive Burgs or (optionally with an article) Burg)
  1. A town, the administrative seat of Jerichower Land district, Saxony-Anhalt Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in Saxony-Anhalt, Towns in Germany, Towns in Saxony-Anhalt
    Sense id: en-Burg-de-name-iLNthd53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [German]

IPA: /bʊʁk/, [bʊʁk], [bʊɐ̯k], /bʊɐ̯ç/, [bʊɪ̯ç] Audio: De-Burg.ogg
Etymology: From Old High German burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, a form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). Compare Dutch burcht, English borough, ‑bury, Danish borg. Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{inh|de|goh|burg}} Old High German burg, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*burg}} Proto-West Germanic *burg, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*burgz}} Proto-Germanic *burgz, {{der|de|ine-pro||*bʰérǵʰ-s}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, {{inh|de|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-||fortified elevation}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”), {{cog|nl|burcht}} Dutch burcht, {{cog|en|borough}} English borough, {{cog|da|borg}} Danish borg Head templates: {{de-noun|f,en:^e}} Burg f (genitive Burg, plural Burgen or Bürge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,en:^e}} Forms: Burg [genitive], Burgen [plural], Bürge [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Burg [nominative, singular], Burgen [definite, nominative, plural], Bürge [definite, nominative, plural], Burg [genitive, singular], Burgen [definite, genitive, plural], Bürge [definite, genitive, plural], Burg [dative, singular], Burgen [dative, definite, plural], Bürgen [dative, definite, plural], Burg [accusative, singular], Burgen [accusative, definite, plural], Bürge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. castle, fortification Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Burg-de-noun-nbphBD1c
  2. beaver lodge Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Burg-de-noun-4uJvocKb
  3. sandcastle Tags: feminine Related terms: Schloss [neuter]
    Sense id: en-Burg-de-noun-8xXRFFeN Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 37 1 1 60 Derived forms: Bettenburg, Burganlage, burgartig, Burgbelagerung, Burgbesatzung, Burgeingang, Burgenland, Bürger, Burgfräulein, Burgfriede, Burggraben, Burggraf, Burggräfin, Burghauptmann, Burgherr, Burghof, Burgkeller, Burgtor, Burgtreppe, Burgturm, Burgverlies, Burgverwalter, Burgvogt, Fluchtburg, Hauptburg, Hochburg, Höhenburg, Hüpfburg, Ringburg, Ritterburg, Wagenburg, Wasserburg, Wehrburg, Zwingburg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bettenburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burganlage"
    },
    {
      "word": "burgartig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgbelagerung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgbesatzung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgeingang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgenland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bürger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgfräulein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgfriede"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burggraben"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burggraf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burggräfin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burghauptmann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgherr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burghof"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgkeller"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgtor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgtreppe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgturm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgverlies"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgverwalter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Burgvogt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fluchtburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hauptburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hochburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Höhenburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hüpfburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ringburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ritterburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wagenburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wasserburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wehrburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zwingburg"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "burg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German burg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*burg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *burg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*burgz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *burgz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*bʰérǵʰ-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerǵʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fortified elevation"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "burcht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch burcht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "borough"
      },
      "expansion": "English borough",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "borg"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish borg",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old High German burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, a form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).\nCompare Dutch burcht, English borough, ‑bury, Danish borg.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Burg",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burgen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bürge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bürge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bürge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bürgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bürge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f,en:^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Burg f (genitive Burg, plural Burgen or Bürge)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,en:^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schloss"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle, fortification"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fortification",
          "fortification"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beaver lodge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ],
        [
          "lodge",
          "lodge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sandcastle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sandcastle",
          "sandcastle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊʁk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʊʁk]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʊɐ̯k]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊɐ̯ç/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʊɪ̯ç]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Burg.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/De-Burg.ogg/De-Burg.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/De-Burg.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Burg"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Burg (bei Magdeburg)",
        "lang": "de"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*bȏrgъ",
        "t": "stack, rick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *bȏrgъ (“stack, rick”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably not from etymology 1, as there has never been any kind of castle or fortification there, but rather from Proto-Slavic *bȏrgъ (“stack, rick”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Burgs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Burg",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "with-article"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "toponym"
      },
      "expansion": "Burg n (proper noun, genitive Burgs or (optionally with an article) Burg)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Places in Germany",
        "de:Places in Saxony-Anhalt",
        "de:Towns in Germany",
        "de:Towns in Saxony-Anhalt"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town, the administrative seat of Jerichower Land district, Saxony-Anhalt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Jerichower Land",
          "Jerichower Land#German"
        ],
        [
          "Saxony-Anhalt",
          "Saxony-Anhalt#English"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "proper-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊʁk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʊʁk]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʊɐ̯k]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊɐ̯ç/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bʊɪ̯ç]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Burg.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/De-Burg.ogg/De-Burg.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/De-Burg.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Burg"
}

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