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minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-217 days agoBurger is short for Hamburger or Hamburg Steak a patty made of ground beef. Hamburg, I think, means town like a burgh, an autonomous municipal corporation. so a bürgermeister is the chairman of the town council. A mayor. Bürgerkrieg Bürgerkrieg is a town conflict. A war between towns. The best of times. The worst of times.
minus-squareitslilithlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·17 days agoClose enough Burg in modern German means castle, but as part of city names I think your etymology sounds about right. Bürger, on the other hand, means citizen. So the Bürgermeister is chief citizen, and Bürgerkrieg literally is citizen war. A civil war.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days agoKreig ≠ Krieg The order of letetrs matters
Burger is short for Hamburger or Hamburg Steak a patty made of ground beef.
Hamburg, I think, means town like a burgh, an autonomous municipal corporation. so a bürgermeister is the chairman of the town council. A mayor.
BürgerkriegBürgerkrieg is a town conflict. A war between towns.The best of times. The worst of times.
Close enough
Burg in modern German means castle, but as part of city names I think your etymology sounds about right. Bürger, on the other hand, means citizen. So the Bürgermeister is chief citizen, and Bürgerkrieg literally is citizen war. A civil war.
Kreig ≠ Krieg
The order of letetrs matters
fixed.
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the duality of the bürger