(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 months agoexplaining the civil war to americans: "imagine if slaves had no burger"lemmy.blahaj.zoneexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down16
arrow-up1316arrow-down1external-linkexplaining the civil war to americans: "imagine if slaves had no burger"lemmy.blahaj.zone(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoClose enough Burg in modern German means castle, but as part of city names I think your etymology sounds about right. Bürger, on the other hand, means citizen. So the Bürgermeister is chief citizen, and Bürgerkrieg literally is citizen war. A civil war.
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Burg in modern German means castle, but as part of city names I think your etymology sounds about right. Bürger, on the other hand, means citizen. So the Bürgermeister is chief citizen, and Bürgerkrieg literally is citizen war. A civil war.