Bürger

German (Berlin)

/ˈbʏʁɡɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized inhabitant of a city or state
  • bourgeois, burgher, member of the middle class
  • (historical) burgher, freeman, usually richer and/or more influential than a peasant/worker but poorer and/or less influential than a nobleman

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German burger (citizen) inherited from Old High German burgari affix from German Burg (castle, fortification, fortress).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Burg

Gloss

castle, fortification, fortress

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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