Altbürgermeister
German, noun/ˈaltbʏrɡərˌmaɪ̯stər/
Altbürgermeister is spelled A-L-T-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-M-E-I-S-T-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altbürgermeister is a German masculine noun meaning “former mayor (ex-leader of a city, male or unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ehemaliger Bürgermeister; nicht mehr im Amt befindlicher Bürgermeister”.
What does Altbürgermeister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineformer mayor (ex-leader of a city, male or unspecified sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ehemaliger Bürgermeister; nicht mehr im Amt befindlicher Bürgermeister
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Altbürgermeister
- Altbürgermeisters genitive
- Altbürgermeisterin feminine
- Altbürgermeistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Altbürgermeister?
- /ˈaltbʏrɡərˌmaɪ̯stər/
- [ˈaltbʏʁ.ɡɐˌmaɪ̯s.tɐ]
- [ˈbʏɐ̯.ɡɐ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Altbürgermeister in German?
Altbürgermeister appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).