kleinbürgerlich
German, adjective/ˈklaɪ̯nˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç/
kleinbürgerlich is spelled K-L-E-I-N-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-L-I-C-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleinbürgerlich is a German adjective meaning “petty bourgeois” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Kleinbürgertum betreffend, zu ihm gehörend”.
What does kleinbürgerlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
petty bourgeois
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. das Kleinbürgertum betreffend, zu ihm gehörend 2. spießig
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 kleinbürgerlich
- kleinbürgerlicher masculine nominative singular
- am kleinbürgerlichsten superlative
- kleinbürgerliche feminine nominative singular
- kleinbürgerliches neuter nominative singular
- kleinbürgerlichen genitive masculine singular
- kleinbürgerlichem dative masculine singular
- der kleinbürgerliche definite includes-article masculine
- die kleinbürgerliche definite feminine includes-article
- das kleinbürgerliche definite includes-article neuter
- die kleinbürgerlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des kleinbürgerlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der kleinbürgerlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem kleinbürgerlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kleinbürgerlich?
- /ˈklaɪ̯nˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç/
- [ˈklaɪ̯nˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kleinbürgerlich in German?
kleinbürgerlich appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).