Kurfürstenkollegium

German

das Kurfürstenkollegium

Alternative forms

• Churfürsten-Collegium (archaic)

Etymology

From Kurfürst +‎ -en- +‎ Kollegium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuːɐ̯fʏʁstn̩kɔˌleːɡi̯ʊm]
• Hyphenation: Kur‧fürs‧ten‧kol‧le‧gi‧um

Proper noun

Kurfürstenkollegium n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kurfürstenkollegiums)

1. the College of Electors of the Holy Roman Empire (the members of the electoral college that elected the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire)

   Synonyms: Kurkollegium, Kurfürstenrat

Declension

Declension of Kurfürstenkollegium [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kurfürstenkollegium
genitive	eines	des	Kurfürstenkollegiums
dative	einem	dem	Kurfürstenkollegium
accusative	ein	das	Kurfürstenkollegium

Hypernyms

• Reichstagskollegium

Meronyms

• geistlicher Kurfürst (“spiritual elector”)
• weltlicher Kurfürst (“secular elector, temporal elector”)

Holonyms

• Fürstenrat

Coordinate terms

• Reichsfürstenrat (“College of Princes”)
• Reichsstädtekollegium (“College of Towns”)
• Städterat (“College of Towns”)

Related terms

• Kurfürstenresidenz, Kurfürstentag
• Kardinalskollegium, Lehrerkollegium, Redaktionskollegium (“board of editors”)

Further reading

• Kurfürstenkollegium, drw.hadw-bw.de