Bürger

See also: Burger, burger, and -burger

German

Etymology

From Middle High German burger, burgære, from Old High German burgāri. By surface analysis, Burg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏʁɡɐ/, /ˈbʏɐ̯ɡɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Bürger m (strong, genitive Bürgers, plural Bürger, feminine Bürgerin)

1. citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized inhabitant of a city or state
2. bourgeois, burgher, member of the middle class
3. (historical) burgher, freeman, usually richer and/or more influential than a peasant/worker but poorer and/or less influential than a nobleman

Declension

Declension of Bürger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bürger	die	Bürger
genitive	eines	des	Bürgers	der	Bürger
dative	einem	dem	Bürger	den	Bürgern
accusative	einen	den	Bürger	die	Bürger

Hyponyms

• Mitbürger
• Wutbürger

Derived terms

• bürgerlich

Related terms

• Bürgerschaft
• Bürgerwehr

Proper noun

Bürger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bürgers or (with an article) Bürger, feminine genitive Bürger, plural Bürgers or Bürger)

1. a German surname

Declension

Declension of Bürger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Bürger	(eine)	(die)	Bürger	(die)	Bürgers, Bürger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Bürgers, Bürger1	(einer)	(der)	Bürger	(der)	Bürgers, Bürger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Bürger	(einer)	(der)	Bürger	(den)	Bürgers, Bürger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Bürger	(eine)	(die)	Bürger	(die)	Bürgers, Bürger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Siebenbürger, Bürgerhausen

Further reading

• “Bürger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bürger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bürger” in Duden online
• Bürger on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Bürger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.