Bürgerwehr

German

Etymology

From Bürger (“citizen”) +‎ Wehr (“army, guard”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌveːɐ̯]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Bür‧ger‧wehr

Noun

Bürgerwehr f (genitive Bürgerwehr, plural Bürgerwehren)

(military, historical) civic guard, civic guards, home guard, home guards, militia
vigilante

Declension

Declension of Bürgerwehr

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bürgerwehr	die	Bürgerwehren
genitive	einer	der	Bürgerwehr	der	Bürgerwehren
dative	einer	der	Bürgerwehr	den	Bürgerwehren
accusative	eine	die	Bürgerwehr	die	Bürgerwehren

Further reading

Bürgerwehr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Bürgerwehr in Duden online

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