brugge

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Noun

brugge f

  1. bridge
  2. Bruges (a city in modern Belgium)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: brug, Brugge
  • Limburgish: brögk

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

brugge (plural brugges or bruggen)

  1. Alternative form of brigge

Middle High German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbryɡ.ɡə/, /ˈbryk.kə/, /ˈbruk.kə/

Noun

brügge, brugge f

  1. Alternative form of brucke (“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.

Declension
Declension of brügge (feminine, ô-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative einiu diu brügge die brügge
genitive einer dër brügge dër brüggen
dative einer dër brügge dën brüggen
accusative eine die brügge die brügge
Declension of brugge (feminine, ô-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative einiu diu brugge die brugge
genitive einer dër brugge dër bruggen
dative einer dër brugge dën bruggen
accusative eine die brugge die brugge
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