borgen

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

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

borgen c

1. guarantee, warranty

See borg (“castle”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔrvən/, [ˈb̥ɒːˀwən]

borgen c

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bor‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɔrɣən

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

borgen

1. (transitive) to secure, to keep safe
2. (transitive) to guarantee
3. (transitive, corporate jargon) 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

• afborgen

• bergen

• → Aukan: bolugu
• → Sranan Tongo: borgu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

borgen

1. plural of borg

borgen

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrɡən/, [ˈbɔʁ-], [ˈbɔɐ̯-], [ˈbɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]

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• Hyphenation: bor‧gen

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

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

• 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.

• ausborgen

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

• borga

borgen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of borg

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

borgēn

1. to borrow

• Middle High German: borgen
  • German: borgen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

borgen

1. definite singular of borg

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

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 någon ― vouch for someone

2. bail

• borgensman
• borgenär
• proprieborgen

• borga

• 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