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borg

See also: BORG, Borg, bôrg, and borġ

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of cyborg. Contraction of cybernetic organism.

Noun

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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

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borg (third-person singular simple present borgs, present participle borging, simple past and past participle borged)

  1. Alternative spelling of Borg

Etymology 2

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Noun

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borg (plural borgs)

  1. Alternative form of BORG

Anagrams

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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borg m

  1. (Sette Comuni) furrow (trench cut in soil)

References

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  • “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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)

  1. castle, stronghold
Inflection
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Declension of borg
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgen borge borgene
genitive borgs borgens borges borgenes
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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borg c

  1. (dated) credit
    På borg. ― On credit.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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borg

  1. imperative of borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch borge, ultimately from the root of the verb bergen (“to protect, safeguard”).

Noun

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borg m (plural borgen)

  1. surety, bail
    Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie
  2. guarantor
  3. deposit
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: borg
  • → Indonesian: boreh
  • → Papiamentu: bòrg, borg, borg
  • → Sranan Tongo: borgu

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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borg

  1. singular past indicative of bergen
  2. inflection of borgen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Related to berg (“mountain”), bjørg (“mountain side”).

Noun

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borg f (genitive singular borgar, plural borgir)

  1. castle, stronghold
Declension
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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

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Borrowed from Danish borg, from Middle Low German borg, borge. Compare German Borg (“credit”).

Noun

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borg n (genitive singular borgs, uncountable)

  1. bail
  2. (dated) credit
    At keypa upp á borg.
    To buy on credit.
Declension
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n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative borg borgið
accusative borg borgið
dative borgi borginum
genitive borgs borgsins
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

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

Declension

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Declension of borg (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borg borginni borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna

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Irish

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Noun

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borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

  1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Declension

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Declension of borg (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative borg boirg
vocative a bhoirg a bhorga
genitive boirg borg
dative borg boirg
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an borg na boirg
genitive an bhoirg na mborg
dative leis an mborg
don bhorg 		leis na boirg

Mutation

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Mutated forms of borg
radical lenition eclipsis
borg bhorg mborg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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

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borg m or f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

  1. a castle (fortified building)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

Noun

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borg f (definite singular borga, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

  1. a castle

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Old English

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Etymology

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Related to the verb borgian (“to borrow”), which see.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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borg m

  1. pledge

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative borg borgas
accusative borg borgas
genitive borges borga
dative borge borgum
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

Noun

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borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)

  1. A city, town (often fortified)
  2. A castle
  3. Any fortified place

Declension

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  Declension of borg (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative borg borgin borgir borgirnar
accusative borg borgina borgir borgirnar
dative borgu borgunni borgum borgunum
genitive borgar borgarinnar borga borganna

Descendants

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References

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

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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borg c

  1. a fortified castle (or city)
Usage notes
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Compare slott, which leans more towards palace.

Declension
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Declension of borg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite borg borgs
definite borgen borgens
plural indefinite borgar borgars
definite borgarna borgarnas
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Unadapted borrowing from English, from cyborg.

Noun

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borg c

  1. a borg
Declension
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Declension of borg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite borg borgs
definite borgen borgens
plural indefinite borger borgers
definite borgerna borgernas

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