Bürger
German, noun
Bürger is spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R (6 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written German, the 934th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bürger is a German masculine noun meaning “citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized inhabitant of a city or state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Burger is a different word: “A burger; a hamburger, cheeseburger, or similar American-style…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einwohner einer Gemeinde”.
What does Bürger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecitizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized inhabitant of a city or state
- 2
masculinebourgeois, burgher, member of the middle class
- 3
masculineburgher, freeman, usually richer and/or more influential than a peasant/worker but poorer and/or less influential than a nobleman
noun
- 1
masculineA burger; a hamburger, cheeseburger, or similar American-style sandwich.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einwohner einer Gemeinde 2. Angehöriger eines Staates 3. Angehöriger der Mittelschicht, des Bürgertums
noun: 1. ein mit einer gebratenen Scheibe aus Hackfleisch oder pflanzlichen Zutaten und weiteren Zutaten belegtes Brötchen
noun: 1. Angehöriger einer Burgergemeinde
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 Bürger
- Burgers genitive
- Burgern dative definite plural
- Bürgers genitive
- Bürgerin feminine
- Bürgern dative definite plural
- Bürger variant
- Burgerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Bürger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bürger in German?
Bürger appears 93 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).