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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

  1. civic, civil
  2. bourgeois, middle-class
  3. untitled (not of aristocratic descent)
  4. (cooking) plain, good home
  5. (politics) centre-right, conservative, non-socialist

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Endings

How bürgerlich changes

Adjective endings after der/die/das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeeeen
accusativeeneeen
dativeenenenen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der bürgerliche Staat schützt die Rechte der Bürger.The bourgeois state protects citizens’ rights.Nominative · subjectPractise „der Staat“ →
  2. 2
    Sie besucht eine bürgerliche Familie am Wochenende.She visits a bourgeois family at the weekend.Accusative · besuchenPractise „die Familie“ →
  3. 3
    Anna kennt ihre bürgerliche Familie gut.Anna knows her middle-class family well.Accusative · kennenPractise „die Familie“ →
  4. 4
    Wir sprechen mit bürgerlichen Leuten.We talk with ordinary people.Dative · mitPractise „die Leute“ →
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