Bürgermeister
See also: bürgermeister and burgermeister
German
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-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʏrɡərˌmaɪ̯stər/, [ˈbʏʁ.ɡɐˌmaɪ̯s.tɐ], [ˈbʏɐ̯.ɡɐ-], [-ˌmaɪ̯.stɐ]
- IPA(key): /ˌbʏrɡərˈmaɪ̯stər/ (fairly rare, but common in compounds)
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Noun
Bürgermeister m (strong, genitive Bürgermeisters, plural Bürgermeister, feminine Bürgermeisterin)
- mayor (leader of a city, male or unspecified sex)
Declension
Declension of Bürgermeister [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Bürgermeister | die | Bürgermeister |
| genitive | eines | des | Bürgermeisters | der | Bürgermeister |
| dative | einem | dem | Bürgermeister | den | Bürgermeistern |
| accusative | einen | den | Bürgermeister | die | Bürgermeister |
Derived terms
- Oberbürgermeister
- Altbürgermeister (“ex-mayor”)
Descendants
- → English: bürgermeister
- → Polish: burmistrz
Further reading
- “Bürgermeister” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bürgermeister” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bürgermeister” in Duden online
Bürgermeister on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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