Belletrist

See also: belletrist

German

Etymology

From French belles-lettres +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Belletrist m (weak, genitive Belletristen, plural Belletristen, feminine Belletristin)

1. belletrist, aesthete

   Synonym: Schöngeist

Declension

Declension of Belletrist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Belletrist	die	Belletristen
genitive	eines	des	Belletristen	der	Belletristen
dative	einem	dem	Belletristen	den	Belletristen
accusative	einen	den	Belletristen	die	Belletristen

Descendants

• → Russian: беллетрист (belletrist)

Further reading

• “Belletrist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Belletrist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Belletrist” in Duden online
• Belletrist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de