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German
Etymology
From Middle High German burcvriede (“special legal status of a castle shared by several heirs, strictly forbidding violence like feuds etc. within”). Can be analysed synchronously as Burg (“castle, fortification”) + Frieden (“peace”). Revived by national romanticism in the 19th century and applied especially to the suspension of inter-party rivalry in the German Empire during World War I.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: Burg‧frie‧den
Noun
Burgfrieden m (strong, genitive Burgfriedens, no plural)
- truce, esp. between rival factions within a community against an external threat.
Declension
Declension of Burgfrieden
Descendants
Further reading
- “Burgfrieden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache