Meister

Meister

See also: meister and -meister

German

Etymology

    From Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Proto-West Germanic *maistar (“master”). Doublet of Maestro, Magister, and Master.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯stɐ/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Meister m (strong, genitive Meisters, plural Meister, feminine Meisterin)

    1. master
    2. (sports) champion

    Declension

    Declension of Meister [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Meister die Meister
    genitive eines des Meisters der Meister
    dative einem dem Meister den Meistern
    accusative einen den Meister die Meister

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Belarusian: майстар (majstar)
    • → Bulgarian: майстор (majstor)
    • → English: meister
    • → Estonian: meister
    • → Kashubian: méster
    • → Latvian: mestrs
    • → Lithuanian: meistras
    • → Macedonian: мајстор (majstor)
    • → Polish: majster
    • → Romanian: maistru
    • → Serbo-Croatian: majstor/мајстор, meštar/мештар
    • → Slovak: majster
    • → Slovene: mojster
    • → Ukrainian: майстер (majster)

    See also

    Further reading

    Hunsrik

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯ʃta/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ̯ʃta
    • Syllabification: Meis‧ter

    Noun

    Meister m (plural Meister, feminine Meistrin)

    1. master

    Derived terms

    • Meisterstick
    • Masder

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Meister”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
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