Bürgschaft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bürgeschaft, from Old High German burgiscaf. By surface analysis, Bürge (“guarantor”) +‎ -schaft (“-ship”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏʁkʃaft/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bürg‧schaft

Noun

Bürgschaft f (genitive Bürgschaft, plural Bürgschaften)

  1. suretyship
  2. guarantee

Declension

Declension of Bürgschaft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bürgschaft die Bürgschaften
genitive einer der Bürgschaft der Bürgschaften
dative einer der Bürgschaft den Bürgschaften
accusative eine die Bürgschaft die Bürgschaften

Proper noun

die Bürgschaft f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Bürgschaft)

  1. The Pledge, a 1799 poem by Schiller (one of the most famous German poems)

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