Oberbürgermeister
German, noun/ˈoːbɐˌbʏʁɡɐmaɪ̯stɐ/
Oberbürgermeister is spelled O-B-E-R-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-M-E-I-S-T-E-R (17 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oberbürgermeister is a German masculine noun meaning “mayor (of a large city; conventionally translated Lord Mayor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Titel für das Stadtoberhaupt einer größeren Stadt in der Bundesrepublik”.
What does Oberbürgermeister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemayor (of a large city; conventionally translated Lord Mayor)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titel für das Stadtoberhaupt einer größeren Stadt in der Bundesrepublik
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 Oberbürgermeister
- Oberbürgermeisters genitive
- Oberbürgermeisterin feminine
- Oberbürgermeistern dative definite plural
- OB abbreviation
- OBM abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oberbürgermeister?
- /ˈoːbɐˌbʏʁɡɐmaɪ̯stɐ/
- [ˈoːbɐˌbʏʁɡɐmaɪ̯stɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Oberbürgermeister in German?
Oberbürgermeister appears 9.8 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).