Bürgermeister
German (Berlin)
/ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪ̯stɐ/
noun
Definitions
- mayor (male or of unspecified sex) (leader of a city)
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German burgermeister, burger (citizen) + Middle High German meister (master).
Origin
Middle High German
meister
Gloss
master
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pormestari Finnish
- magister Latin
- Bildungsbürger German
- Burg German
- Bürger German
- Bürgerhaus German
- Bürgerkrieg German
- Bürgermeisterin German
- Bürgerschaft German
- Bürgersinn German
- Bürgersteig German
- Bürgerwehr German
- Kleinbürger German
- Meister German
- Mitbürger German
- Normalbürger German
- Oberbürgermeister German
- Reichsbürger German
- Schildbürger German
- Spießbürger German
- Staatsbürger German
- Vizebürgermeister German
- Wutbürger German
- ausbürgern German
- bürgerlich German
- einbürgern German
- borger Norwegian Bokmål
- borgermester Norwegian Bokmål
- mester Norwegian Bokmål
- borg Swedish
- borgmästare Swedish
- borgmästarinna Swedish
- mästare Swedish
- borg Danish
- borgmester Danish
- mester Danish
- purkmistr Czech
- purgar Serbo-Croatian
- burgher Middle Dutch
- burgari Old High German
- burgāri Old High German
- meistar Old High German
- burger Middle High German
- burgermeister Middle High German
- meister Middle High German
- Bierger Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Meeschter Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- borgemester Middle Low German
- borgemēster Middle Low German
- borghmæstare Old Swedish
- borgmesteri Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- mistř Old Czech