# borg
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɔːɡ/
* (General American) IPA: /bɔɹɡ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡ

### Etymology 1

Clipping of cyborg, a contraction of cybernetic organism.

#### Noun

borg (plural borgs)
* Synonym of 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)
* Alternative spelling of Borg

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

borg (plural borgs)
* Alternative form 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
* (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: [ˈpɒˀw], [ˈpɒwˀ]
* 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 *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”), which is also the source of Danish bjerg (“mountain”).

#### Noun

borg c (singular definite borgen, plural indefinite borge)
* castle, stronghold

##### Further reading

* borg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

borg c
* (dated) credit
    På borg. ― On credit.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

borg
* imperative of borge (“to guarantee, vouch for”)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔrx/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: borg
* Rhymes: -ɔrx

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borge, ultimately from the root of the verb bergen (“to protect, safeguard”).

#### Noun

borg m (plural borgen)
* surety, bail
    Synonyms: borgtocht, cautie
* guarantor
* deposit

##### Derived terms

* borgtocht

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: borg
* → Indonesian: boreh
* → Papiamentu: bòrg, borg, borg
* → Sranan Tongo: borgu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

borg
* singular past indicative of bergen
* inflection of borgen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔɹk/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, plural borgir)
* 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)
* bail
* (dated) credit
    At keypa upp á borg.To buy on credit.

##### Synonyms

* (bail): borgan

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔrk/
* Rhymes: -ɔrk

### Noun

borg f (genitive singular borgar, nominative plural borgir)
* city
* castle
* rocky hill (with cliffs)

#### Derived terms

* borgarbúi
* borgardómari
* borgarfulltrúi
* borgarhluti
* borgarísjaki
* borgarsjórn
* borgarstjóri
* höfuðborg
* Rómaborg
* Vínarborg

## Irish
### Noun

borg m (genitive singular boirg, nominative plural boirg)
* Alternative form of buirg (“borough”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
borg
boirg
vocative
a bhoirg
a bhorga
genitive
boirg
borg
dative
borg
boirg
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an borg
na boirg
genitive
an bhoirg
na mborg
dative
leis an mborg don bhorg
leis na boirg :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish borg, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Inherited with masculine declension from Danish, the optional feminine declension was later borrowed from Nynorsk.

### Noun

borg m or f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)
* 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 *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).

### Noun

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

### References

* “borg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

Related to the verb borgian (“to borrow”), which see.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /borɡ/, [borˠɣ]

### Noun

borg m
* pledge

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Related terms

* borgian

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Noun

borg f (genitive borgar, plural borgir)
* a city, town (often fortified)
* a castle
* any fortified place

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: borg
* Faroese: borg
* Norwegian Nynorsk: borg; (dialectal) børg
* Elfdalian: borg
* Old Swedish: borgh
** Swedish: borg
* Danish: borg
** Norwegian Bokmål: borg
* Old Gutnish: burg, borg

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “borg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

borg c
* a fortified castle (or city)

##### Usage notes

Compare slott, which leans more towards palace.

##### Derived terms

* borgfred
* borggård
* borgruin
* bygdeborg
* fanborg
* fingerborg
* fornborg
* Göteborg
* Helsingborg
* hoppborg
* högborg
* kungaborg
* landborg
* medeltidsborg
* riddarborg
* Swedenborg
* trojaborg
* vagnborg
* valborg

##### Related terms

* Borg
* borga
* borgare
* borgen
* borgerlig
* borgmästare

##### See also

* slott (non-fortified)
* tinne

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English, from cyborg.

#### Noun

borg c
* a borg

##### Declension
### References

* borg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* borg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* borg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* borg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)