Polier

German

Etymology

From Middle High German parlier, parlierer, related to parlieren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈliːɐ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Polier m (strong, genitive Poliers, plural Polier, feminine Polierin)

1. foreman

Declension

Declension of Polier [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Polier	die	Polier
genitive	eines	des	Poliers	der	Polier
dative	einem	dem	Polier	den	Poliern
accusative	einen	den	Polier	die	Polier

Related terms

• parlieren

Further reading

• “Polier” in Duden online
• “Polier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Polier”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 553