Orlog

See also: örlög

German

Alternative forms

• Orloge, Urlag, Urlage, Urlaug, Urläug, Urlauge, Urläuge, Urleug, Urleuge, Urlog, Urloge, Urlug, Urluge (obsolete)

Etymology

As a High German word from Middle High German urliuge, urlouge, urlage (“war”), from a merger of Old High German urliugi and urlag, respectively from Proto-Germanic *uzleugō (“war”) and *uzlagą (“destiny”). The word had become almost obsolete by the 16th century and was then continued only through reinforcement by cognate Middle Low German ōrloch, ōrlōge, ōrlāge. The main form subsequently became Urlog(e), finally Orlog, the latter being likely influenced also by Dutch oorlog. It remained rare in Standard German and gradually lost ground also in Low German, whereas in Dutch it has been the normal word (krijg becoming archaic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁˌloːk/, (northern also) /ˈɔʁˌloːx/, /ˈoːɐ̯-/, /-ˌlɔx/

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• Homophone: Ohrloch (one northern pronunciation)

Noun

Orlog m (strong, genitive Orlogs or Orloges, plural Orloge)

1. (archaic, now rare and highly literary) war, especially a dire and devastating one

   Synonym: Krieg

   • 1998 October 22, Theo Sommer, “Teure Frucht des wüsten Krieges – Der Westfälische Frieden und über den Westfälischen Frieden hinaus”, in Die Zeit:

     Was als Streit zwischen dem Kaiser und den böhmischen Ständen begann, endete als großer Orlog, bei dem Frankreich, Schweden und Holland auf der einen Seite standen, Österreich und Spanien auf der anderen.

     What began as a quarrel between the German emperor and the Bohemian estates, ended as a great war, in which France, Sweden and Holland stood on one side, Austria and Spain on the other.

Declension

Declension of Orlog [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Orlog	die	Orloge
genitive	eines	des	Orlogs, Orloges	der	Orloge
dative	einem	dem	Orlog, Orloge1	den	Orlogen
accusative	einen	den	Orlog	die	Orloge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Orlogschiff

Low German

Alternative forms

• Urlog (Mecklenburgic-Western Pomeranian dialects)

Etymology

Related to Dutch oorlog, Icelandic örlög and Danish orlog. See the German for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊɾlɔx/

Noun

Orlog m (plural Orloog)

1. war
2. destiny, fate (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

• Krieg