borgmästare

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish borghmæstare, borghamæstare, borgharamæstare, from Middle Low German borgemester, borgermester, equivalent to borg +‎ mästare. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål borgermester, Norwegian Nynorsk borgarmeister, Danish borgmester (whence also Greenlandic borgmesteri), German Bürgermeister, Dutch burgemeester, English boroughmaster. === Pronunciation === === Noun === borgmästare c (feminine borgmästarinna) (historical, foreign) a mayor ==== Usage notes ==== In Sweden, the term is chiefly used for historical or foreign contexts. For the contemporary Swedish position, see kommunalråd (“municipal commissioner”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== borgmästarkedja (“mayoral collar”) byggningsborgmästare handelsborgmästare justitieborgmästare kommunalborgmästare politieborgmästare titurlärborgmästare (“honorary mayor”) ämbetsborgmästare ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: pormestari === References === “borgmästare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “borgmästare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “borgmästare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)