# die Bürgerschaft

die Bürgerschaft is a German noun meaning “citizenry”. Forms: der Bürgerschaft, die Bürgerschaften.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Bürgerschaft
- Plural: die Bürgerschaften

## In other languages

- Русский: граждане

## Meanings

1. citizenry (the entirety of all citizens)
2. citizenship (the state of being a citizen)
3. the municipal parliament of one of a number of northern German cities, including Hamburg and Bremen, where these parliaments also serve as state parliaments (in the case of Bremen including additional delegates from Bremerhaven for this latter purpose)

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