Middle Dutch Etymology From Old Dutch burg Noun borch f fortress, castle city Inflection This noun needs an inflection-table template. Alternative forms burch Descendants Dutch: burg, burcht Afrikaans: burg Limburgish: bórg, börch Further reading “borch”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “borch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.