Burgfrieden
German, noun[ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdn̩]
Burgfrieden is spelled B-U-R-G-F-R-I-E-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burgfrieden is a German masculine noun meaning “truce, esp. between rival factions within a community against an external threat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abkommen, dass es im Bereich um eine Burg oder eine Stadt zu keinerlei gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen…”.
What does Burgfrieden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetruce, esp. between rival factions within a community against an external threat.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abkommen, dass es im Bereich um eine Burg oder eine Stadt zu keinerlei gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen kommen durfte 2. meist zeitweise geltendes Abkommen zwischen mehreren Beteiligten, gewaltsame oder politische Auseinandersetzungen zu beenden
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 Burgfrieden
- Burgfriedens genitive
- Burgfriede alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Burgfrieden?
- [ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdn̩]
- [ˈbʊʁkˌfʁiːdən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Burgfrieden in German?
Burgfrieden appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).