Priester – German noun declension

German noun forms of Priester

Noun: Priester
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Priester
Plural Priester

Definite

Singularder Priester
Pluraldie Priester

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Priesters
Plural Priester

Definite

Singulardes Priesters
Pluralder Priester

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Priester
Plural Priestern

Definite

Singulardem Priester
Pluralden Priestern

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Priester
Plural Priester

Definite

Singularden Priester
Pluraldie Priester

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Middle High German priester, from Old High German priester, borrowed around 700 (after the High German consonant shift, but before the diphthongisation of West Germanic ē) from pre-Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros). Doublet of Presbyter. Immediately cognate with Dutch priester, Low German Preester, French prêtre. Compare also English priest. An earlier West Germanic word for “priest” is Pfaffe, which remained in use alongside Priester during the Middle Ages, but has had a pejorative tone since the Reformation. See: Latin Nouns 'presbyter', Ancient Greek Nouns 'πρεσβύτερος', Dutch Nouns 'priester', French Nouns 'prêtre', English Nouns 'priest'.

Verbs referencing "Priester"

Dutch Nouns priester, Latvian Nouns priesteris.

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