Bürgermeister

German

Etymology

Bürger (“citizen”) +‎ Meister (“master”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪ̯stɐ/
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Noun

Bürgermeister m (genitive Bürgermeisters, plural Bürgermeister, feminine Bürgermeisterin)

mayor (male or of unspecified sex) (leader of a city)

Declension

Declension of Bürgermeister

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bürgermeister	die	Bürgermeister
genitive	eines	des	Bürgermeisters	der	Bürgermeister
dative	einem	dem	Bürgermeister	den	Bürgermeistern
accusative	einen	den	Bürgermeister	die	Bürgermeister

Derived terms

Oberbürgermeister

Further reading

Bürgermeister in Duden online

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