Pfarrer
German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German pfarrāri, from pfarra (“parish”), probably from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Pfarrer m (strong, genitive Pfarrers, plural Pfarrer, feminine Pfarrerin)
- (Christianity) pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)
- Synonym: Pastor
Declension edit
Declension of Pfarrer [masculine, strong]
Descendants edit
- → Lower Sorbian: faraŕ
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Pfarrer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pfarrer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pfarrer” in Duden online
- Pfarrer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de