Definition
An elected man who heads the administration of a city or municipality.
Translations
- English
- male mayor
- Français
- maire
- Türkçe
- erkek belediye başkanı
- Polski
- burmistrz
- Русский
- мэр
- Українська
- мер
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Bürgermeister
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Countries & Cultures
male mayor
/deːɐ̯ ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Bürgermeister
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Bürgermeister eröffnete das neue Kulturzentrum.NominativSing.The mayor opened the new cultural center.
- Die Bürger wählten den Bürgermeister im Frühjahr.AkkusativSing.The citizens elected the mayor in the spring.
- Die Bürger dankten dem Bürgermeister für seinen Einsatz.DativSing.The citizens thanked the mayor for his commitment.
- Das Büro des Bürgermeisters liegt im Rathaus.GenitivSing.The mayor's office is located in the town hall.
- Die Bürgermeister trafen sich zu einer Konferenz.NominativPlur.The mayors met for a conference.
- Die Gemeinden ehrten die Bürgermeister für ihre Arbeit.AkkusativPlur.The municipalities honored the mayors for their work.
- Die Minister überreichten den Bürgermeistern die Auszeichnungen.DativPlur.The ministers presented the mayors with the awards.
- Die Entscheidungen der Bürgermeister beeinflussen viele Menschen.GenitivPlur.The mayors' decisions affect many people.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bürgermeister/ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐ/
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Article phrase
der Bürgermeister/deːɐ̯ ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐ/
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Plural
Bürgermeister/ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Bürgermeister | die Bürgermeister |
| Akkusativ | den Bürgermeister | die Bürgermeister |
| Dativ | dem Bürgermeister | den Bürgermeistern |
| Genitiv | des Bürgermeisters | der Bürgermeister |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationzum Bürgermeister gewählt werden
- Collocationder Bürgermeister der Stadt
- Verb constructionden Bürgermeister wählen + Akkusativ
- Verb constructiondem Bürgermeister danken + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Bürgermeister hält eine Rede im Rathaus.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Narrower termOberbürgermeister
A Oberbürgermeister is a Bürgermeister who heads a larger city or urban municipality.
- Related termBürgermeisterin — female mayor
Bürgermeister and Bürgermeisterin designate the masculine and feminine forms, respectively, of the same political office.
- Related termLandrat
Landrat and Bürgermeister are municipal officials, but the Landrat heads a district.
- Semantically relatedGemeinderat
Unlike the Bürgermeister, the Gemeinderat is an elected municipal body, not an individual person.
- Easily confused withBürgerrat
Bürgerrat refers to an advisory body, not an elected person at the head of a municipality.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeCompound
- BürgerOther
- MeisterOther
„Bürgermeister“ is a transparent compound of „Bürger“ and „Meister“; synchronically, it denotes an elected man at the head of the administration of a city or municipality.
Word family
- Bürgermeisterin — female mayor
- Bürgerschaft
- Bürger — male citizen