Before you start
Meet bürgerlich
Before a noun, the ending changes with the article, the gender and the case. See how, then try the exercises.
All 5 meanings
- civic, civil
- bourgeois, middle-class
- untitled (not of aristocratic descent)
- (cooking) plain, good home
- (politics) centre-right, conservative, non-socialist
Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Endings
How bürgerlich changes
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | e | e | e | en |
| accusative | en | e | e | en |
| dative | en | en | en | en |
Examples
- 1Der bürgerliche Staat schützt die Rechte der Bürger.The bourgeois state protects citizens’ rights.
- 2Sie besucht eine bürgerliche Familie am Wochenende.She visits a bourgeois family at the weekend.
- 3Anna kennt ihre bürgerliche Familie gut.Anna knows her middle-class family well.
- 4Wir sprechen mit bürgerlichen Leuten.We talk with ordinary people.