borgmästare

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish borghmæstare, borghamæstare, borgharamæstare, from Middle Low German borgemester, borgermester, equivalent to borg +‎ mästare. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål borgermester, Norwegian Nynorsk borgarmeister, Danish borgmester (whence also Greenlandic borgmesteri), German Bürgermeister, Dutch burgemeester, English boroughmaster.

Pronunciation

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Noun

borgmästare c (feminine borgmästarinna)

  1. a mayor

Declension

Declension of borgmästare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite borgmästare borgmästares
definite borgmästaren borgmästarens
plural indefinite borgmästare borgmästares
definite borgmästarna borgmästarnas

Descendants

  • → Finnish: pormestari

References

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