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English

Etymology

Contraction of "cybernetic organism", via cyborg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??(?)?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)?

Noun

borg (plural borgs)

1. 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

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

1. Alternative spelling of Borg

Anagrams

• Grob, brog

Cimbrian

Etymology

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

Noun

borg m

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

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p??w], [?p?w?]
• Homophone: bov

Etymology 1

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 *b?er??- (“to rise”), which is also the source of Danish bjerg (“mountain”).

Noun

borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)

1. castle, stronghold

Inflection

Further reading

• borg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

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

Noun

borg c

1. (dated) credit

Etymology 3

See borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”).

Verb

See the etymology of the main entry.

1. imperative of borge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rx/
• Hyphenation: borg
• Rhymes: -?rx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borge.

Noun

borg m (plural borgen)

1. surety, bail

   Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie

2. guarantor
3. deposit

Derived terms

• borgtocht

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: boreh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

borg

1. singular past indicative of bergen
2. first-person singular present indicative of borgen
3. imperative of borgen

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??k/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, plural borgir)

1. castle, stronghold

Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

borg n (genitive singular borgs, uncountable)

1. bail
2. (dated) credit

Declension

Synonyms

• (bail): borgan

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?rk/
• Rhymes: -?rk

Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)

1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "borg" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a castle (fortified building)

References

• “borg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a castle

References

• “borg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bor?/, [bor??]

Noun

borg m (nominative plural borgas)

1. pledge

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)

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

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: borg
• Elfdalian: borg
• Faroese: borg
• Icelandic: borg
• Norwegian Bokmål: borg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: borg
• Old Swedish: borgh
  • Swedish: borg
• Old Gutnish: burg, borg

References

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish borgh (“fortress, city”), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

Pronunciation

Noun

borg c

1. a fortified castle (or city)

Declension

Related terms

See also

• slott (non-fortified)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English, from cyborg.

Noun

borg c

1. a borg

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic brog. Compare brob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???/

Noun

brog (plural brogs)

1. A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.

Verb

brog (third-person singular simple present brogs, present participle brogging, simple past and past participle brogged)

1. (transitive) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
2. To broggle.

Anagrams

• Borg, Grob, borg

Kriol

Etymology

From English frog.

Noun

brog

1. frog