burgerin

See also: Bürgerin and burger in

Dutch

Etymology

From burger (“civilian”) +‎ -in (“suffix indicating femininity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbʏr.ɣəˈrɪn/
• Hyphenation: bur‧ger‧in
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

burgerin f (plural burgerinnen, diminutive burgerinnetje n, masculine burger)

1. (archaic) female citizen
2. (archaic) female bourgeois
   • 1671, De schijndeugd en huichelrij der Franse burgerinnen:

     Weet, dat ik geen draen zal spinnen,
     Tegen kuise burgerinnen,
     Welkers hart na wijsheid haakt,
     En in liefde brand [sic] en blaakt.

     Know that I will not spin threads,
     Against chaste female civilians,
     Whose heart hooks to wisdom,
     And burns and glows in love.

Finnish

Noun

burgerin

1. genitive singular of burgeri