Bürgersinn
German, noun/ˈbʏʁɡɐˌzɪn/
Bürgersinn is spelled B-Ü-R-G-E-R-S-I-N-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bürgersinn is a German masculine noun meaning “public spirit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “positive Einstellung gegenüber dem eigenen Staat, verbunden mit der Bereitschaft sich für ihn einzusetzen”.
What does Bürgersinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepublic spirit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. positive Einstellung gegenüber dem eigenen Staat, verbunden mit der Bereitschaft sich für ihn einzusetzen
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 Bürgersinn
- Bürgersinnes genitive
- Bürgersinns genitive
- Bürgersinne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bürgersinn?
- /ˈbʏʁɡɐˌzɪn/
- [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bürgersinn in German?
Bürgersinn appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).