Bürgermeister

Meaning

mayor (leader of a city, male or unspecified sex)

Concepts

mayor

burgomaster

provost

mayors

alcade

Mayor

town headman

boss

foreman

cacique

chief

Lord Mayor

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʏrɡərˌmaɪ̯stər/

Etymology

From Middle High German burgermeister, bürgermeister, alongside the form burgemeister, bürgemeister. The former is equivalent to Bürger (“citizen”) + Meister (“master”), the latter to Burg (“city”) + Meister. It is uncertain which of the two forms is original. Compare Dutch burgemeester (Middle Dutch also with -er-).

Sentences

Der Bürgermeister war sehr musikalisch .

The mayor was very musical.

Doch nun schlägt der stellvertretende Bürgermeister plötzlich ganz andere Töne an .

But now the deputy mayor suddenly sounds completely different.

Rechts abgebildet sind der Bürgermeister und dessen Gattin .

The mayor and his wife are depicted on the right.

Bürgermeister sowie Mitglied des Kreistages von München-Land.

Mayor and member of the district council of Munich-Land.