bourgeois (Google translate)
"In 1970, an incident exposed the fragile standing of the bürgerlich Kasner family. At a local Party meeting, the Russian Club's latest triumph was announced, and Benn expected praise. Instead, the schools supervisor observed acidly, 'When the children of farmers and workers win, that will be something.'"
- George Packer, "The Quiet German: The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in the world", 1 December 2014 The New Yorker
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