"Bürgermeister" meaning in German

See Bürgermeister in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʏrɡərˌmaɪ̯stər/, [ˈbʏʁ.ɡɐˌmaɪ̯s.tɐ], [ˈbʏɐ̯.ɡɐ-], [-ˌmaɪ̯.stɐ], /ˌbʏrɡərˈmaɪ̯stər/ Audio: De-Bürgermeister.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German burgermeister, bürgermeister, alongside the form burgemeister, bürgemeister. The former is equivalent to Bürger (“citizen”) + Meister (“master”), the latter to Burg (“city”) + Meister. It is uncertain which of the two forms is original. Compare Dutch burgemeester (Middle Dutch also with -er-). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|burgermeister}} Middle High German burgermeister, {{m|gmh|bürgermeister}} bürgermeister, {{m|gmh|burgemeister}} burgemeister, {{m|gmh|bürgemeister}} bürgemeister, {{compound|de|Bürger|Meister|t1=citizen|t2=master}} Bürger (“citizen”) + Meister (“master”), {{m|de|Burg|t=city}} Burg (“city”), {{m|de||Meister}} Meister, {{cog|nl|burgemeester}} Dutch burgemeester Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Bürgermeister m (strong, genitive Bürgermeisters, plural Bürgermeister, feminine Bürgermeisterin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Bürgermeisters [genitive], Bürgermeister [plural], Bürgermeisterin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Bürgermeister [nominative, singular], Bürgermeister [definite, nominative, plural], Bürgermeisters [genitive, singular], Bürgermeister [definite, genitive, plural], Bürgermeister [dative, singular], Bürgermeistern [dative, definite, plural], Bürgermeister [accusative, singular], Bürgermeister [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. mayor (leader of a city, male or unspecified sex) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Occupations, People Derived forms: Oberbürgermeister, Altbürgermeister (english: ex-mayor)
    Sense id: en-Bürgermeister-de-noun-kplPYRyY Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Bürgermeister meaning in German (4.2kB)

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