Bürgerschaft
German, noun[ˈbʏʁɡɐʃaft]
Bürgerschaft is spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bürgerschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “citizenry (the entirety of all citizens)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der Bürger eines Ortes/Landes”.
What does Bürgerschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecitizenry (the entirety of all citizens)
- 2
femininecitizenship (the state of being a citizen)
- 3
femininethe municipal parliament of one of a number of northern German cities, including Hamburg and Bremen, where these parliaments also serve as state parliaments (in the case of Bremen including additional delegates from Bremerhaven for this latter purpose)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der Bürger eines Ortes/Landes 2. Gesamtheit der gewählten Vertreter in Parlamenten einiger Städte/Bundesländer
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 Bürgerschaft
- Bürgerschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bürgerschaft?
- [ˈbʏʁɡɐʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bürgerschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bürgerschaft in German?
Bürgerschaft appears 4.9 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).