brugge

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

brugge f

1. bridge
2. Bruges (a city in modern Belgium)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: brug, Brugge
  • Afrikaans: brug
  • → Papiamentu: brùg
• Limburgish: brögk

Further reading

• “brucghe (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “brucghe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “brugge (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

brugge (plural brugges or bruggen)

1. Alternative form of brigge

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbryɡ.ɡə/, /ˈbryk.kə/, /ˈbruk.kə/

Noun

brügge, brugge f

1. Alternative form of brucke (“bridge”)

Usage notes

• In parts of Central German this spelling reflects unshifted /ɡɡ/. In Bavarian and Alemannic this spelling reflects /kk/ distinguished from ‹ck› = /kkx/. The intermediate dialects have merged both into /kk/, whence the predominant or normalised form brücke.

Declension

Declension of brügge (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	brügge	die	brügge
genitive	einer	dër	brügge	dër	brüggen
dative	einer	dër	brügge	dën	brüggen
accusative	eine	die	brügge	die	brügge

Declension of brugge (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	brugge	die	brugge
genitive	einer	dër	brugge	dër	bruggen
dative	einer	dër	brugge	dën	bruggen
accusative	eine	die	brugge	die	brugge