borge

See also: Borge and Börge

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔrɣə/, [ˈb̥ɒːʊ]
  • Homophone: bove

Etymology 1

From Old Danish borghæ, (late) Old Norse borga, possibly from Middle Low German borgen (“to vouch for”), from Old Saxon *borgōn, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn.

Cognate with Swedish borga (“to warrant”), English borrow, and German borgen (“to borrow”).

Verb

borge (imperative borg, infinitive at borge, present tense borger, past tense borgede, perfect tense har borget)

  1. to vouch for, guarantee
Conjugation
Inflection of borge
present past
simple borger borgede
perfect har borget havde borget
passive borges borgedes
participle borgende borget
imperative borg —
infinitive borge —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund borgen —

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

borge c

  1. indefinite plural of borg

Dutch

Verb

borge

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bergen
  2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of borgen

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

borge

  1. inflection of borgen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative
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