borg

See also: BORG, Borg, bôrg, and borġ

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ

Etymology 1

Clipping of cyborg. 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

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

  1. Alternative form of BORG

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒˀw], [ˈpɒwˀ]
  • Homophone: bov

Etymology 1

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
Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (credit).

Noun

borg c

  1. (dated) credit
    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/
  • (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)

  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. imperative

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔɹk/

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
Declension of borg
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borg borgini borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna

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
Declension of borg (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative borg borgið
accusative borg borgið
dative borgi borginum
genitive borgs borgsins
Synonyms
  • (bail): borgan

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔrk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrk

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

  1. Alternative form of buirg (borough)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
borg bhorg mborg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

  • IPA(key): /borɡ/, [borˠɣ]

Noun

borg m

  1. pledge

Declension

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

Descendants

References

  • borg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

en borg

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

  • (file)

Noun

borg c

  1. a fortified castle (or city)
Usage notes

Compare slott, which leans more towards palace.

Declension
Declension of borg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative borg borgen borgar borgarna
Genitive borgs borgens borgars borgarnas
See also

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English, from cyborg.

Noun

borg c

  1. a borg
Declension
Declension of borg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative borg borgen borger borgerna
Genitive borgs borgens borgers borgernas

References

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