Valet

Valet

See also: valet

German

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from French valet.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vaˈleː/

    Noun

    Valet m (strong, genitive Valets, plural Valets)

    1. valet (personal attendant)
    2. (card games) jack
    Declension
    Declension of Valet [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Valet die Valets
    genitive eines des Valets der Valets
    dative einem dem Valet den Valets
    accusative einen den Valet die Valets

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin valēte (“farewell”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vaˈlɛt/, /vaˈleːt/
    • Audio; /-lɛt/:(file)
    • Audio; /-leːt/:(file)

    Noun

    Valet n (strong, genitive Valets, plural Valets)

    2. (dated, higher register) farewell
      Synonym: Lebewohl
      zu einer Sache Valet sagen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
      • 1964, 1:49, in Hannah Arendt im Gespräch mit Günter Gaus (Zur Person)‎[1], spoken by Hannah Arendt:
        Meine Meinung ist, dass ich keine Philosophin bin. Ich habe meiner Meinung nach der Philosophie doch endgültig Valet gesagt.
        In my opinion I'm not a philosopher, I've bid a definite farewell to philosophy.
    Declension
    Declension of Valet [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Valet die Valets
    genitive eines des Valets der Valets
    dative einem dem Valet den Valets
    accusative ein das Valet die Valets

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