different between burg vs ville

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess.

The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh.), as well as being formed in part due to the German Burg.

Noun

burg (plural burgs)

1. (Canada, US) A city or town.
2. (historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.

Related terms

• burgher
• burghermaster
• burgomaster
• burgrave

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

burg (plural burgs)

1. (slang) burger

Anagrams

• grub

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Late Latin burgus (“fortress, watchtower”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortress”), or possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (púrgos, “watchtower, fortress”), although this is difficult given the initial b- in Albanian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bu??]

Noun

burg m (indefinite plural burgje, definite singular burgu, definite plural burgjet)

1. jail, prison

Declension

Synonyms

• hapsane f, haps m, quzë f, quar m

Further reading

• Orel, Vladimir (1998) , “burg”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, ?ISBN, page 42

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Noun

burg f (plural burgen, diminutive burgje n)

1. Alternative form of burcht, now rarely used outside names.

Irish

Noun

burg m (genitive singular buirg, nominative plural buirg)

1. Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "burg" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “burg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “burg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz.

Noun

burg f

1. fortress, castle
2. city

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: borch, burch
  • Dutch: burg, burcht
    • Afrikaans: burg
  • Limburgish: bórg, börch

Further reading

• “burg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

• burh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur?/, [bur??]

Noun

burg f (nominative plural byr?)

1. city

2. town

3. a fortified place: stronghold, fort, castle

Declension

Synonyms

• ?easter

Derived terms

• Cantwara burg
• R?me burg
• underburg

Descendants

• Middle English: burgh
  • Scots: burch, burgh
  • English: borough, -borough, Brough, burg, bur-, burgh, bury (as in borough, manor), -bury
• ? English: burh (learned)

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

burg f

1. a castle
2. a city

Descendants

• Middle High German: burc
  • German: Burg
  • Luxembourgish: Buerg

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• burh
• burug

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur?/

Noun

burg f

1. fort, castle
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2. city, town
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Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: borch
  • German Low German: Börg, Borg

Romanian

Etymology

From French bourg

Noun

burg n (plural burguri)

1. burg, market town

Declension

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vij/

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city
2. town

Synonyms

• citai

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljan?, cognate with English will, German wollen. The Germanic verbs goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welh?-, which is also the source of Latin vol?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil?/, [??il?], [??el?]

Verb

ville (present tense vil, past tense ville, past participle villet)

1. (transitive) to want to, be willing to
2. (auxiliary, in the present tense) shall, will (with the infinitive, expresses future tense)
3. (auxiliary, in the past tense) should, would (with the infinitive, expresses conditional mood)

Inflection

Derived terms

• ville vide at
• ville vide af
• ville til at
• vil du tænke dig
• verden vil bedrages
• om du vil
• ikke ville høre tale om
• hvis du endelig vil vide det
• hverken ville eje eller have
• det vil sige

References

• “ville” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ville,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Estonian

Noun

ville

1. illative singular of vile

French

Etymology

From Middle French ville, from Old French ville, vile, inherited from Latin v?lla (“country house”). Doublet of villa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil/
• Rhymes: -il
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [v?l]

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town, city

Synonyms

• (city): cité

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ville” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

ville f pl

1. plural of villa

Latin

Noun

ville

1. vocative singular of villus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ville, vile,

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. city or town

Descendants

• French: ville

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ville, from Latin v?lla (“country house”).

Noun

ville f (plural villes)

1. town

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljan?, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?-.

Verb

ville (present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

1. to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should
2. would

References

• “ville” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ville

1. definite singular of vill
2. plural of vill

Verb

ville

1. past tense of vilja and vilje

Old French

Alternative forms

• vile
• vill (rare)

Etymology

From Latin v?lla.

Noun

ville f (oblique plural villes, nominative singular ville, nominative plural villes)

1. city or town

Descendants

• Middle French: ville
  • French: ville
• Norman: ville

See also

• cité
• vilage

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?l??/

Verb

ville

1. past tense of vilja.