Komtur
See also: komtur
German
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editEtymology
editMiddle High German kumtur, from Old French commendeor, from Medieval Latin commendātor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKomtur m (strong, genitive Komturs, plural Komture)
- (historical) commander, knight commander (of a basic administrative division called Kommende or Komturei)
- 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
editDeclension of Komtur [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
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editDescendants
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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