Geheimrat

German

Alternative forms

• Geheimrath (obsolete)

Etymology

geheim (“secret”) +‎ Rat (“councillor”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌʁaːt/

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Noun

Geheimrat m (strong, genitive Geheimrates or Geheimrats, plural Geheimräte, feminine Geheimrätin)

1. (chiefly historical) privy councillor (title of the highest officials of a German royal or principal court, and also of very eminent professors in some German universities)

   Synonyms: Geh.-Rat, Geh. Rat, geheimer Rat, Geheimer

Declension

Declension of Geheimrat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Geheimrat	die	Geheimräte
genitive	eines	des	Geheimrates, Geheimrats	der	Geheimräte
dative	einem	dem	Geheimrat, Geheimrate1	den	Geheimräten
accusative	einen	den	Geheimrat	die	Geheimräte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Geheimratsecken

Further reading

• “Geheimrat” in Duden online