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