Bürgermeister

== German == === Etymology === 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-). Compare also Burmeister. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʏrɡərˌmaɪ̯stər/, [ˈbʏʁ.ɡɐˌmaɪ̯s.tɐ], [ˈbʏɐ̯.ɡɐ-], [-ˌmaɪ̯.stɐ] IPA(key): /ˌbʏrɡərˈmaɪ̯stər/ (fairly rare, but common in compounds) Hyphenation: Bür‧ger‧meis‧ter === Noun === Bürgermeister m (strong, genitive Bürgermeisters, plural Bürgermeister, feminine Bürgermeisterin) mayor (leader of a city, male or unspecified sex) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Oberbürgermeister Altbürgermeister (“ex-mayor”) ==== Descendants ==== → English: bürgermeister → Polish: burmistrz === Further reading === “Bürgermeister” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Bürgermeister” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Bürgermeister” in Duden online Bürgermeister on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de