Bürgermeister
Appearance
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)
Audio: (file)
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