burcht

Meaning

1. (feminine,masculine) citadel, castle, borough
2. (feminine,masculine) burrow of a badger, fox or beaver

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʏrxt/

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.