borgmästare
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.
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Declension
| Declension of borgmästare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | borgmästare | borgmästaren | borgmästare | borgmästarna |
| Genitive | borgmästares | borgmästarens | borgmästares | borgmästarnas |
References
- borgmästare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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