Definition
An elected woman who heads the administration of a city or municipality.
Translations
- English
- female mayor
- Français
- maire
- Türkçe
- kadın belediye başkanı
- Polski
- burmistrzyni
- Русский
- мэр
- Українська
- міська голова
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Bürgermeisterin
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Countries & Cultures
female mayor
/diː ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐʁɪn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Bürgermeisterinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Bürgermeisterin eröffnete den neuen Stadtpark.NominativSing.The mayor opened the new city park.
- Die Stadt ehrte die Bürgermeisterin für ihr Engagement.AkkusativSing.The city honored the mayor for her commitment.
- Der Bürgermeisterin wurde für ihre Arbeit gedankt.DativSing.The mayor was thanked for her work.
- Das Büro der Bürgermeisterin liegt im Rathaus.GenitivSing.The mayor's office is located in the town hall.
- Die Bürgermeisterinnen eröffneten gemeinsam den neuen Stadtpark.NominativPlur.The women mayors jointly opened the new city park.
- Die Stadt ehrte die Bürgermeisterinnen für ihr Engagement.AkkusativPlur.The city honored the women mayors for their commitment.
- Den Bürgermeisterinnen wurde für ihre Arbeit gedankt.DativPlur.The women mayors were thanked for their work.
- Die Entscheidungen der Bürgermeisterinnen wurden aufmerksam verfolgt.GenitivPlur.The decisions of the women mayors were followed attentively.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bürgermeisterin/ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐʁɪn/
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Article phrase
die Bürgermeisterin/diː ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐʁɪn/
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Plural
Bürgermeisterinnen/ˈbʏʁɡɐˌmaɪstɐʁɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bürgermeisterin | die Bürgermeisterinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Bürgermeisterin | die Bürgermeisterinnen |
| Dativ | der Bürgermeisterin | den Bürgermeisterinnen |
| Genitiv | der Bürgermeisterin | der Bürgermeisterinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdie Bürgermeisterin wählen
- Adjective combinationbeliebte Bürgermeisterin
- Verb constructioneine Bürgermeisterin wählen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit der Bürgermeisterin sprechenmit + Dativ
- Profession expressionBürgermeisterin werden
- Sentence patternDie Bürgermeisterin leitet die Stadtverwaltung.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termBürgermeister — male mayor
Bürgermeister and Bürgermeisterin designate the masculine and feminine forms, respectively, of the same political office.
- Broader termPolitiker — male politician
A Bürgermeisterin is a female politician at the municipal level who holds political office.
- Related termStadträtin
Bürgermeisterin and Stadträtin are different municipal political offices: Bürgermeisterin heads the administration, while a Stadträtin is a member of the city council.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- BürgermeisterOther
- -inSuffix
„Bürgermeisterin“ is synchronically a feminine derivation of „Bürgermeister“ with the suffix „-in“.
Word family
- Bürgermeister — male mayor
- Bürgermeisteramt
- Bürgermeisterwahl