borgen

== Danish == === Etymology 1 === From borge (“to guarantee”) +‎ -en. Compare Old Norse borgan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bɔrvən/; [ˈb̥ɒːwən, ˈb̥ɒˀwən] ==== Noun ==== borgen c (archaic) guarantee, warranty === Etymology 2 === See borg (“castle”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bɔrvən/, [ˈb̥ɒːˀwən] ==== Noun ==== borgen c definite singular of borg (slang) Christiansborg Palace (the Danish house of parliament) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɣə(n)/ Hyphenation: bor‧gen Rhymes: -ɔrɣən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch borgen. Equivalent to borg +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== borgen (transitive) to secure, to keep safe (transitive) to guarantee (transitive, corporate jargon) to ensure the sustainability of a particular policy or procedure (transitive, now dialectal) to lend (especially of credit) Synonym: lenen (transitive, dated, dialectal) to borrow Synonym: lenen ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== afborgen ===== Related terms ===== bergen ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: borg → Aukan: bolugu → Sranan Tongo: borgu === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== borgen plural of borg ==== Verb ==== borgen inflection of bergen: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive == German == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German borgen, from Old High German borgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn. Cognate with English borrow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɡən/, [ˈbɔʁ-], [ˈbɔɐ̯-], [ˈbɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍] Hyphenation: bor‧gen === Verb === borgen (weak, third-person singular present borgt, past tense borgte, past participle geborgt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to borrow (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 ==== ausborgen erborgen === 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 === borga === Noun === borgen m or f definite masculine singular of borg == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbor.ɡen/, [ˈborˠ.ɣen] === Participle === borgen past participle of beorgan == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną; akin to Old English borġian. === Verb === borgēn to borrow ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: borgen German: borgen == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== borgen 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 (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 någon ― vouch for someone bail ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== borgensman borgenär proprieborgen ===== Related terms ===== borga === References === borgen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) borgen in Svensk ordbok (SO) borgen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) borgen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) borghan in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L