Bürger

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German burger, burgære, from Old High German burgāri. By surface analysis, Burg +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʏʁɡɐ/, /ˈbʏɐ̯ɡɐ/ === Noun === Bürger m (strong, genitive Bürgers, plural Bürger, feminine Bürgerin) citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized inhabitant of a city or state bourgeois, burgher, member of the middle class (historical) burgher, freeman, usually richer and/or more influential than a peasant/worker but poorer and/or less influential than a nobleman ==== Declension ==== ==== 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) a German surname ==== Declension ==== ==== 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.