Bürgerschaft
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- citizenry the entirety of all citizens
- the municipal parliament of one of a number of northern German cities, including and , where these parliaments also serve as state parliaments (in the case of Bremen including additional delegates from for this latter purpose)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bürgerschaft suffix from German Bürger (citizen, burgher, member of the middle class, citizien) derived from Middle Low German börgerschop (municipal council).
Origin
Middle Low German
börgerschop
Gloss
municipal council
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bildungsbürger German
- Burg German
- Bürger German
- Bürgerhaus German
- Bürgerkrieg German
- Bürgersinn German
- Bürgersteig German
- Bürgerwehr German
- Kleinbürger German
- Mitbürger German
- Normalbürger German
- Reichsbürger German
- Schildbürger German
- Spießbürger German
- Staatsbürger German
- Wutbürger German
- ausbürgern German
- bürgerlich German
- einbürgern German
- burger Dutch, Flemish
- burgerschap Dutch, Flemish
- burgerschapsonderwijs Dutch, Flemish
- purgar Serbo-Croatian
- borgerscap Middle Dutch
- burger Middle High German
- bürgerschaft Middle High German
- börgerschop Middle Low German