Etymology

Marburg

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Today it means: A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse, Germany. Full definition →

German Marburg
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The story

  1. German · derived fromBurg
  2. German · borrowed fromMarburg
  3. English todayMarburg

Borrowed from German Marburg, from an unknown term + German Burg.

Words from the same roots

GermanBurg all →

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