Hohepriester

German

Alternative forms

• Hohe-Priester, Hohe Priester (with inflection of both parts)

Etymology

From hoch and Priester.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hohepriester m (strong, genitive Hohepriesters, plural Hohepriester) or (proscribed)
Hoherpriester m (strong, definite nominative der Hohepriester, genitive (des) Hohenpriesters, plural Hohepriester, definite plural die Hohenpriester)

1. high priest

Usage notes

• The irregular declension of Hohepriester is proscribed nowadays. When the first part Hoh- is inflected too, it shall be spelled Hohe Priester. In the 20th century before 1996, the irregular declension was still mentioned in dictionaries by Duden, e.g. in the 18th edition of Duden: Die Rechtschreibung from 1980 it is "Ho|he|lied das: Hohenlied[e]s; im Hohenlied[e]; in Salomo[n]s Hohemlied[e]; ein Hohe[s]lied der Kameradschaft" and "Ho|he|prie|ster der: Hohenpriesters, Hohenpriester; ein Hoherpriester, zwei Hohepriester".

Declension

regular declension

Declension of Hohepriester [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hohepriester	die	Hohepriester
genitive	eines	des	Hohepriesters	der	Hohepriester
dative	einem	dem	Hohepriester	den	Hohepriestern
accusative	einen	den	Hohepriester	die	Hohepriester

irregular declension (proscribed)

Declension of Hoherpriester [masculine, strong]

	singular		plural
masculine gender	strong declension
nominative	Hoherpriester		Hohepriester
genitive	Hohenpriesters		Hoherpriester
dative	Hohempriester		Hohenpriestern
accusative	Hohenpriester		Hohepriester
	weak declension
nominative	der	Hohepriester	die	Hohenpriester
genitive	des	Hohenpriesters	der	Hohenpriester
dative	dem	Hohenpriester	den	Hohenpriestern
accusative	den	Hohenpriester	die	Hohenpriester
	mixed declension
nominative	ein	Hoherpriester	(keine)	Hohenpriester
genitive	eines	Hohenpriesters	(keiner)	Hohenpriester
dative	einem	Hohenpriester	(keinen)	Hohenpriestern
accusative	einen	Hohenpriester	(keine)	Hohenpriester

Derived terms

• (das) Hohepriesterthum, (ein) Hohespriesterthum (obsolete)

See also

• (der) Geheimerath, (ein) Geheimerrath
• (das) Hohelied, (ein) Hoheslied
• (die) Langeweile