bourgeois
bourgeois; middle-class
English translations
- 01
middle class
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine Person, die der herrschenden Klasse angehört und oft materialistische Werte vertritt.
- English meaning
- Bourgeois
- Synonym
- spießbürgerlich, bürgerlich
- German example
- Er hat eine sehr bürgerliche Einstellung.
- English example
- He has a very bourgeois attitude.
- Comparative
- bourgeoiserSuperlative: am bourgeoisesten
Related words
- Bourgeoisie
bourgeoisie
- Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie
- spießbürgerlich
bourgeois
- Bünzli
Petty bourgeois, square
- Bürgertum
middle class, bourgeoisie
- Kleinbürger
Petty bourgeois
- bürgerlich
bourgeois
- Beatnik
A beatnik was a member of the Beat Generation, a literary and cultural movement of the 1950s characterized by nonconformity and rejection of bourgeois values.
- verbürgerlichen
To become bourgeois
- bünzlig
Bünzlig describes a person who is petty-bourgeois, narrow-minded, and excessively tidy.
- großbürgerlich
upper middle class
Example sentences with “bourgeois”
Er hat ein sehr bourgeoises Leben geführt. (He lived a very bourgeois life.)
Frequently asked questions
How is 'bourgeois' pronounced in German?
It is usually pronounced with a French accent, keeping the original spelling.