bigott

bigott

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from French bigot.

    Pronunciation

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

    Adjective

    bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)

    1. (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
    2. (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word

    Declension

    Further reading

    • bigott” in Duden online
    • bigott”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

    Swedish

    Adjective

    bigott (not comparable)

    1. (religiously, sanctimoniously) bigoted

    Usage notes

    Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.

    Declension

    Inflection of bigott
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular bigott
    neuter singular bigott
    plural bigotta
    masculine plural2 bigotte
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 bigotte
    all bigotta

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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