Bürgerschaft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bürgerschaft, equivalent to Bürger (“citizen”) +‎ -schaft (“-ship, -ry”). The sense “municipal parliament” after Middle Low German börgerschop (“municipal council”). Compare also Dutch burgerschap.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Bürgerschaft f (genitive Bürgerschaft, plural Bürgerschaften)

1. citizenry (the entirety of all citizens)
2. citizenship (the state of being a citizen)
3. the municipal parliament of one of a number of northern German cities, including Hamburg and Bremen, where these parliaments also serve as state parliaments (in the case of Bremen including additional delegates from Bremerhaven for this latter purpose)

Declension

Declension of Bürgerschaft [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bürgerschaft	die	Bürgerschaften
genitive	einer	der	Bürgerschaft	der	Bürgerschaften
dative	einer	der	Bürgerschaft	den	Bürgerschaften
accusative	eine	die	Bürgerschaft	die	Bürgerschaften

Coordinate terms

• (parliament): Landtag; Stadtrat (depending on context)

Further reading

• “Bürgerschaft” in Duden online