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”)