Priester
See also: priester
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editPriester m (strong, genitive Priesters, plural Priester, feminine Priesterin)
- (religion) priest
- Synonyms: Hierodule, Kultdiener
- (Roman Catholicism) priest, presbyter (man who has received the sacrament of ordination)
- (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism) priest (every believer)
Usage notes
edit- (every believer): Universal priesthood is also taught by the Catholic Church, which however distinguishes between different degrees of priesthood and uses the word Priester, like the English word priest, chiefly in the narrower sense as above.
Declension
editDeclension of Priester [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
editHunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editPriester m (plural Priester)
- priest
- Do is en neier Priester in de Kerrich.
- There's a new priest in church.
Further reading
edit- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Priester”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 126
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