(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 months agoexplaining the civil war to americans: "imagine if slaves had no burger"lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down16
arrow-up1316arrow-down1imageexplaining the civil war to americans: "imagine if slaves had no burger"lemmy.blahaj.zone(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·edit-23 months agoBurger is short for Hamburger or Hamburg Steak a patty made of ground beef. Hamburg, I think, means town like a burgh, an autonomous municipal corporation. so a bürgermeister is the chairman of the town council. A mayor. Bürgerkrieg Bürgerkrieg is a town conflict. A war between towns. The best of times. The worst of times.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 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.
minus-squareyetAnotherUserlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoKreig ≠ Krieg The order of letetrs matters
Burger is short for Hamburger or Hamburg Steak a patty made of ground beef.
Hamburg, I think, means town like a burgh, an autonomous municipal corporation. so a bürgermeister is the chairman of the town council. A mayor.
BürgerkriegBürgerkrieg is a town conflict. A war between towns.The best of times. The worst of times.
Close 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.
the duality of the bürger
Kreig ≠ Krieg
The order of letetrs matters
fixed.
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