borgen

See also: Borgen and Börgen

Danish

Etymology 1

From borge (to guarantee) + -en. Compare Old Norse borgan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔrvən/, [ˈb̥ɒːwən, ˈb̥ɒˀwən]

Noun

borgen c

  1. guarantee, warranty

Etymology 2

See borg (castle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔrvən/, [ˈb̥ɒːˀwən]

Noun

borgen c

  1. definite singular of borg
  2. (slang) Christiansborg Palace (the Danish house of parliament)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɣə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bor‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch borgen. Equivalent to borg + -en.

Verb

borgen

  1. (transitive) to secure, to keep safe
  2. (transitive) to guarantee
  3. (transitive, office slang) to ensure the sustainability of a particular policy or procedure
  4. (transitive, now dialectal) to lend (especially of credit)
    Synonym: lenen
  5. (transitive, dated, dialectal) to borrow
    Synonym: lenen
Inflection
Conjugation of borgen (weak)
infinitive borgen
past singular borgde
past participle geborgd
infinitive borgen
gerund borgen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular borgborgde
2nd person sing. (jij) borgtborgde
2nd person sing. (u) borgtborgde
2nd person sing. (gij) borgtborgde
3rd person singular borgtborgde
plural borgenborgden
subjunctive sing.1 borgeborgde
subjunctive plur.1 borgenborgden
imperative sing. borg
imperative plur.1 borgt
participles borgendgeborgd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Aukan: bolugu
  • Sranan Tongo: borgu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

borgen

  1. plural of borg

Verb

borgen

  1. inflection of bergen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German borgen, from Old High German borgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɡən/, [ˈbɔʁ-], [ˈbɔɐ̯-], [ˈbɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bor‧gen

Verb

borgen (weak, third-person singular present borgt, past tense borgte, past participle geborgt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to borrow
  2. (transitive) to lend

Usage notes

  • For the distinction between both senses see the notes at leihen. Borgen is generally interchangeable with the former, but is less frequent and slightly informal.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • borgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • borgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • borgen” in Duden online
  • borgen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

borgen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of borg

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną; akin to Old English borġian.

Verb

borgēn

  1. to borrow

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

borgen

  1. definite singular of borg

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish borghæn, borghan, ultimately from the root of borga (warrant). Cognate of Icelandic borgan, Danish borgen.

Noun

borgen c

  1. (law) surety, security, guarantee (an undertaking to assume payment obligations for another person if that person is unable to pay themselves)
    gå i borgen för någonvouch for someone
  2. bail
Declension
Declension of borgen 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative borgen borgen
Genitive borgens borgens
Derived terms

References

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