borgmester
Danish
[b̥ɒwˈmɛsd̥ɐ]
noun
Definitions
- mayor (of a city)
Etymology
Affix from Danish borg (castle) + Danish mester (master, champion)borrowed from Middle Low German borgemēster.
Origin
Middle Low German
borgemēster
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pormestari Finnish
- Bürgermeister German
- Bürgermeisterin German
- Oberbürgermeister German
- Vizebürgermeister German
- borger Norwegian Bokmål
- borgermester Norwegian Bokmål
- mester Norwegian Bokmål
- borg Swedish
- borgmästare Swedish
- borgmästarinna Swedish
- mästare Swedish
- borg Old Norse
- meistari Old Norse
- borg Danish
- mester Danish
- politimester Danish
- skræddermester Danish
- verdensmester Danish
- purkmistr Czech
- burger Middle High German
- burgermeister Middle High German
- meister Middle High German
- borgemester Middle Low German
- borgemēster Middle Low German
- borghmæstare Old Swedish
- borgmesteri Kalaallisut, Greenlandic