burcht

Meaning

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

Concepts

castle

🏰

rook

citadel

alcazar

fortress

burrow

stronghold

Synonyms

kasteel

🏰

slot

🔒

sloot

vesting

fort

🏰

plecht

vestingwerk

dorp

hol

🕳️

plaats

bolwerk

Translations

Burg

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castelo

🏰

château

🏰

castillo

🏰

castello

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kale

Schloß

Kastell

castell

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castèl

castellum

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Festung

château-fort

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kel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʏrxt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: burch

Inherited from Old Dutch: *burg

Cognate with German: Burg

Cognate with English: borough

Cognate with Danish: borg

In summary

From Middle Dutch borcht / burcht, alteration of earlier Middle Dutch burch / borch (surviving as modern Dutch burg), 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.