Bürge
German, noun
Bürge is spelled B-Ü-R-G-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bürge is a German masculine noun meaning “surety (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, bürge is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der sich bereiterklärt, zusammen mit dem Hauptschuldner für die Rückzahlung einer Schuld zu haften”.
What does Bürge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurety (person)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
- 4
first/third-person singular subjunctive II of bergen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der sich bereiterklärt, zusammen mit dem Hauptschuldner für die Rückzahlung einer Schuld zu haften 2. jemand oder etwas, der für die Glaubwürdigkeit einer Person oder Sache einsteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bürge
- Bürgen genitive
- Bürgin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Bürge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bürge in German?
Bürge appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).