borgen
\ˈbɔʁɡn̩\
The verdict
“borgen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prêter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-borgen · borgen · French
borgen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borgen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈbɔʁɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « borgen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
borgen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈbɔʁɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for borgen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is borgen, spelled B-O-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Prêter.
- 2Emprunter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how borgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich borge dir mein Rad. - Je te prête mon vélo
Ich borge mir das Rad bei deiner Schwester. - J’emprunte le vélo de ta sœur
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.