borge

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

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”).

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

1. to vouch for, guarantee

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

borge c

1. indefinite plural of borg

borge

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

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borge

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

borge

1. dative singular of borg