burgerin

See also: Bürgerin and burger in

Dutch

Etymology

From burger (“civilian”) +‎ -in (“suffix indicating femininity”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbʏr.ɣəˈrɪn/
  • Hyphenation: bur‧ger‧in
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

burgerin f (plural burgerinnen, diminutive burgerinnetje n, masculine burger)

  1. (archaic) female citizen
  2. (archaic) female bourgeois
    • 1671, De schijndeugd en huichelrij der Franse burgerinnen:
      Weet, dat ik geen draen zal spinnen,
      Tegen kuise burgerinnen,
      Welkers hart na wijsheid haakt,
      En in liefde brand [sic] en blaakt.
      Know that I will not spin threads,
      Against chaste female civilians,
      Whose heart hooks to wisdom,
      And burns and glows in love.

Finnish

Noun

burgerin

  1. genitive singular of burgeri
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