Komtur
See also: komtur
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Middle High German kumtur, from Old French commendeor, from Medieval Latin commendātor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Komtur m (strong, genitive Komturs, plural Komture)
- (historical) commander, knight commander
- 1842, Jeremias Gotthelf, Die schwarze Spinne:
- Jetzt hätten sie frisch aufgeathmet, in der Meinung, endlich freie Hände zu haben zur eigenen Arbeit, hätten mit neuem Muth den Pflug ins Feld geführt, und soeben hätte der Comthur ihnen befohlen, aus im Münneholz gewachsenen Buchen in Monatsfrist beim neuen Schloß einen neuen Schattengang zu pflanzen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Komtur [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Polish: komtur
Further reading edit
- “Komtur” in Duden online
- “Komtur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Komtur” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Komtur (Amt) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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