Bürgerwehr
German (Berlin)
[ˈbʏʁɡɐˌveːɐ̯]
noun
Definitions
- (military) civic guard, civic guards, home guard, home guards, militia
- vigilante
Etymology
Compound from German Bürger (citizen, burgher, member of the middle class, citizien) + German Wehr (defense, defence, war, army, guard).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Wehr
Gloss
defense, defence, war, army, guard
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bildungsbürger German
- Bundeswehr German
- Burg German
- Bürger German
- Bürgerhaus German
- Bürgerkrieg German
- Bürgerschaft German
- Bürgersinn German
- Bürgersteig German
- Feuerwehr German
- Kleinbürger German
- Mitbürger German
- Normalbürger German
- Notwehr German
- Reichsbürger German
- Reichswehr German
- Schildbürger German
- Spießbürger German
- Staatsbürger German
- Wehr German
- Wehrdienst German
- Wehrdienstverweigerer German
- Wehrmann German
- Wehrpflicht German
- Wutbürger German
- ausbürgern German
- bürgerlich German
- einbürgern German
- wehrfähig German
- wehrhaft German
- wehrig German
- wehrlos German
- purgar Serbo-Croatian
- burger Middle High German
- were Middle High German
- Wehr
- Burg
- wehrig
- Bürger
- wehrlos
- Notwehr
- Wehrmann
- wehrhaft
- wehrfähig
- Feuerwehr
- Mitbürger
- Wutbürger
- einbürgern
- ausbürgern
- Bürgerhaus
- Bürgersinn
- bürgerlich
- Reichswehr
- Wehrdienst
- Bundeswehr
- Bürgersteig
- Spießbürger
- Wehrpflicht
- Bürgerkrieg
- Kleinbürger
- Bürgerschaft
- Reichsbürger
- Schildbürger
- Staatsbürger
- Normalbürger
- Bildungsbürger
- Wehrdienstverweigerer