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Is it der, die or das Bürger?

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Bürger

The correct article in German of Bürger is der. So it is der Bürger! (nominative case)

The word Bürger is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of Bürger?

How does the declension of Bürger work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1 Singular Plural
Nominative der Bürger die Bürger
Genitive des Bürgers der Bürger
Dative dem Bürger den Bürgern
Akkusative den Bürger die Bürger

What is the meaning of Bürger in German?

Bürger has various definitions in German:

[1a] residents of a community

[1a] Einwohner einer Gemeinde

[1b] Relatives of a state

[1b] Angehöriger eines Staates

[2] Middle class members, the bourgeoisie

[2] Angehöriger der Mittelschicht, des Bürgertums

How to use Bürger in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Bürger with translations in English.

[1] Die Bürger Berlins gingen auf die Straßen und protestierten.

[1] The citizens of Berlin went to the streets and protesters

[1] „Am 1. November […] hatte die DDR wieder visafreie Reisen in die ČSSR zugelassen; zwei Tage später hatte sie der Öffnung der tschechoslowakischen Grenze zur Bundesrepublik für Bürger der DDR zugestimmt.“

[1] "On the 1st November […] the GDR had again agreed to travel to the ČSSR. Two days later, it had approved the opening of the Czechoslovak border to the Federal Republic for Citizens of the GDR."

[1] „Mussten die Bürger 2006 noch insgesamt zwei Milliarden Euro zuzahlen, so waren es 2007 nur noch 1,6 Milliarden.“

[1] “If the citizens had to pay a total of two billion euros in 2006, it was only 1.6 billion in 2007”

[2] In sozialkritischen Schriften werden Bürger häufig kritisch betrachtet.

[2] Citizens are often viewed critically in socio -critical writings