underburg

Old English

Alternative forms

  • underburh

Etymology

From under- +‎ burg. Perhaps originally a calque of Latin suburbium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈun.derˌburɡ/, [ˈun.derˌburˠɣ]

Noun

underburg f

  1. suburb
    Strǣta on þām underburgum bēoþ oft swīðe ġeþrāwena and nearwa.
    Streets are often very twisted and narrow in the suburbs.

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative underburg underbyrġ
accusative underburg underbyrġ
genitive underbyrġ underburga
dative underbyrġ underburgum

Derived terms

  • underburgware (“suburbanites”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.