Burggraf
German, noun[ˈbʊrkɡraːf]
Burggraf is spelled B-U-R-G-G-R-A-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burggraf is a German masculine noun meaning “a male burgrave (a military governor or commander of a castle, fortress or medieval fortified town, especially within the Holy Roman…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Befehlshaber einer Burg aus dem niederen Adel mit administrativen und militärischen Rechten”.
What does Burggraf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea male burgrave (a military governor or commander of a castle, fortress or medieval fortified town, especially within the Holy Roman Empire), similar to a French chatelain or Late Middle English castellan
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Befehlshaber einer Burg aus dem niederen Adel mit administrativen und militärischen Rechten
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 Burggraf
- Burggrafen genitive
- Burggräfin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Burggraf?
- [ˈbʊrkɡraːf]
- [ˈbʊʁkˌɡʁaːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Burggraf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Burggraf in German?
Burggraf appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).