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Dutch
- burg (now chiefly in names)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch burch, from Old Dutch *burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). The final -t is seemingly random, but not unheard of; such "paragogic" extensions occur occasionally in Dutch following a fricative or liquid word-final consonant. Compare for example hulst, kroost, rijst and arend.
Cognate with German Burg, English borough, -bury, burrow, Danish borg.
For sense two, compare English burrow.
Pronunciation
Noun
burcht m or f (plural burchten, diminutive burchtje n)
- citadel, castle, borough
- Synonyms: citadel, kasteel, sterkte
- burrow of a badger, fox or beaver
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