Dignitar
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian dignitario or French dignitaire, from Medieval Latin dignitārius, from Latin dignitās.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dignitar m (strong, genitive Dignitars, plural Dignitare)
- (Roman Catholicism) dignitary (important or influential person)
- Synonym: Würdenträger
Declension edit
Declension of Dignitar [masculine, strong]
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nouns
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