burgemeester – Dutch noun declension

Noun: burgemeester
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Sg.	burgemeester
Pl.	burgemeesters

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like burgemeester

vaatwasmachine, hekkensluiter, urinoir, whiskey, internetsite, internetcafé, bestemoer, besteller, renovatie, stokstaartje, benzinestation, kruipklokje, bodybuildster, scharminkel, vrijbuiter, server, serval, sessie, seider, selfie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch borchmeester, borgermeester. This form represents a compound of burg (“burgh, town”) + meester (“master”), but forms with -r- are influenced by burger (“citizen”). The earliest attestations lack the -r-.

Verbs referencing "burgemeester"

German Nouns Bürgermeister, English Nouns burghermaster, Russian Nouns бургомистр, Swedish Nouns borgmästare.

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