brugge
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.
Noun
brugge f
- bridge
- Bruges (a city in modern Belgium)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: brug, Brugge
- Afrikaans: brug
- → Papiamentu: brùg
- Limburgish: brögk
Further reading
- “brucghe (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “brucghe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “brugge (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Noun
brugge (plural brugges or bruggen)
- Alternative form of brigge
Middle High German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbryɡ.ɡə/, /ˈbryk.kə/, /ˈbruk.kə/
Noun
brügge, brugge f (genitive singular and plural brügge or brugge or brüggen or bruggen)
- Alternative form of brücke (“bridge”)
Usage notes
- In parts of Central German this spelling reflects unshifted /ɡɡ/. In Bavarian and Alemannic this spelling reflects /kk/ distinguished from ‹ck› = /kkx/. The intermediate dialects have merged both into /kk/, whence the predominant or normalised form brücke.