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Burg

Meaning

Synonyms

Festigungswerk

Riesenbau

Ringmauer einer Burg

Burgmauer

Festungsbau

antike Opferstätte

enorme Menge

enormer Umfang

enormes Ausmaß

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bʊʁk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German burc, from Old High German burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-s, a form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”). Compare Dutch burcht, English borough, ‑bury, Danish borg.

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