Dekan

See also: dekan

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈkaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

15th century, from Medieval Latin decānus. Doublet of Dechant.

Noun

Dekan m (strong, genitive Dekans, plural Dekane, feminine Dekanin)

1. dean (senior official at a university; male or unspecified gender)
2. Alternative form of Dechant (“dean”, church official)

Declension

Declension of Dekan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dekan	die	Dekane
genitive	eines	des	Dekans	der	Dekane
dative	einem	dem	Dekan	den	Dekanen
accusative	einen	den	Dekan	die	Dekane

Derived terms

• Dekan der Fakultät
• Dekanat
• Dekanin
• Domdekan
• Kardinaldekan
• Kreisdekan
• Prodekan
• Regionaldekan
• stellvertretender Dekan
• Stiftsdekan
• Studiendekan

 

Etymology 2

Noun

Dekan n (strong, genitive Dekans, plural Dekane)

1. (organic chemistry) decane (alternative spelling of) Decan n

Declension

Declension of Dekan [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Dekan	die	Dekane
genitive	eines	des	Dekans	der	Dekane
dative	einem	dem	Dekan	den	Dekanen
accusative	ein	das	Dekan	die	Dekane

See also

• Dekan n (“decan (astrology)”)

Further reading

• “Dekan” in Duden online
• “Dekan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Slovak

Etymology

From dekan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdekan]

Proper noun

Dekan m pers (female equivalent Dekanová)

1. a male surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Declension of Dekan (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Dekan	Dekanovia	Dekanovci
genitive	Dekana	Dekanov	Dekanovcov
dative	Dekanovi	Dekanom	Dekanovcom
accusative	Dekana	Dekanov	Dekanovcov
locative	Dekanovi	Dekanoch	Dekanovcoch
instrumental	Dekanom	Dekanmi	Dekanovcami

Further reading

• “Dekan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024