Dignitar
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian dignitario or French dignitaire, from Medieval Latin dignitārius, from Latin dignitās.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDignitar m (strong, genitive Dignitars, plural Dignitare)
- (Roman Catholicism) dignitary (important or influential person)
- Synonym: Würdenträger
Declension
editDeclension of Dignitar [masculine, strong]
Related terms
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Descendants
edit- → Polish: dygnitarz
Further reading
edit- “Dignitar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dignitar” in Duden online
- “Dignitar”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Dignitar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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- German terms derived from French
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- German lemmas
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