Diözese
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Diozöse (misspelling, but widely attestable in edited texts)
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin dioecesis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌdiːøˈt͡seːzə/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˌdiːoˈt͡seːzə/ (common simplification)
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /ˌdiːoˈt͡søːzə/ (nonstandard, chiefly erroneous, but common)
- Rhymes: -eːzə
Noun edit
Diözese f (genitive Diözese, plural Diözesen)
- (Christianity) diocese
- Synonym: Bistum
- (historical) diocese (Roman administrative division)
Usage notes edit
- Compounds are formed from the stem Diözesan-.
Declension edit
Declension of Diözese [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Diözese on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Diözese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Diözese” in Duden online
- “Diözese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon