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Definition: Burg |
BurgNoun1. Colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "burg" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
Crosswords: Burg |
| English words defined with "burg": Burggrave, Burh. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "burg": Iburg. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "burg": Belfry, Burggrave, Burgh, Burglar, Burrock. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Burg" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (cage, calaboose, can, choky, clink, gaol, jail, limbo, lockup, mill, Nick, pen, penitentiary, poky, prison, prison house, quod, stir), German (castle). |
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Screenplays | Kate is an ice burg waiting for the Titanic. (Bandits; writing credit: Harley Peyton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Die Nichten der Frau Oberst. 2. Teil - Mein Bett ist meine Burg (1969) Herzog Blaubarts Burg (1964) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [People escaping from building fire] / B.D.f. gedr. bei L. Veit, Burg Str. No. 6. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Eine Feste Burg ist unser Gott, ein' gute Wehr und Waffen. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Burg Rheinstein / originalradirung von W. Leo Arndt ; druck von Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Berlin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Railway station and Burg Are, Altenahr, the Rhine, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Burg" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.47% of the time. "Burg" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 76.47% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.65% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "burg" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Burg | Last name | 2,000 | 6,930 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "burg": edin-burg. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "burg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Qytet (city, place, town). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Укрепен "рад (Fort), "рад. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Mìstský Okres. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Bled. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ίωμόπολισ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Kisváros (hick town, small town). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Citt Fortificata (borough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urgbay Fortaleza (Castle, fastness, forte, fortification, fortress, keep, strength, stronghold, tower). (various references) Orãşel (borough). (various references) "ород. (various references) grad (city, hail, town). (various references) Burgo (burgh). (various references) Småstad (small town). (various references) Bucak (corner, district, township), Kasaba (borough, burgh, small town, town). (various references) Місто. (various references) thị xã. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "burg": burgage, burgages, burgee, burgees, burgeon, burgeoned, burgeoning, burgeons, burger, burgers, burgess, burgesses, burgh, burghal, burgher, burghers, burghs, burglar, burglaries, burglarious, burglariously, burglarize, burglarized, burglarizes, burglarizing, burglarproof, burglars, burglary, burgle, burgled, burgles, burgling, burgomaster, burgomasters, burgonet, burgonets, burgoo, burgoos, burgout, burgouts, burgrave, burgraves, burgs, burgundies, burgundy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "burg": hamburg, homburg, osnaburg. (additional references) | |
Words containing "burg": antiburglar, antiburglary, cheeseburger, cheeseburgers, hamburger, hamburgers, hamburgs, homburgs, osnaburgs. (additional references) | |
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"Burg" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barg, bergo, Betrvg, birg, borg, borgi, bourge, brj, bru, bruf, brug, budg, Bugg, buhr, bui, burb, burf, Burgdy, burge, Burj, burm, buug, Buur, Buyreg, Furgg, Jurg, Lurg, murg, ugr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "burg" (pronounced ber"g) |
| 3 | b er" g | Berg. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: grub. | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-r-u" | |
-1 letter: bug, bur, rub, rug, urb. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-r-u" | |
+1 letter: bourg, brugh, burgh, burgs, grubs, rugby. | |
+2 letters: bedrug, bourgs, brogue, brughs, budger, bugger, bugler, bulger, bulgur, burgee, burger, burghs, burgle, burgoo, dorbug, grubby, redbug, rubigo. | |
+3 letters: auberge, bearhug, bedrugs, bludger, blunger, borough, brogues, brought, bruting, budgers, bugbear, buggers, buggery, buggier, buglers, bulgers, bulgier, bulgurs, bungler, burgage, burgees, burgeon, burgers, burgess, burghal, burgher, burglar, burgled, burgles, burgoos, burgout, burking, burling, burning, burping, burring, burying, curbing, dorbugs, firebug, grubbed, grubber, grumble, grumbly, hamburg, homburg, outbrag, rebegun, redbugs, rubbing, rubigos, rubying, rugbies, subring, umbrage. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 72 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110010 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u r g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0072 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36878473 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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