keiser

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch keizer, from Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəi̯.sər/

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Noun

keiser (plural keisers)

1. emperor

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German keiser (“emperor”). Cognates include German Kaiser and Finnish keisari.

Noun

keiser (genitive keisri, partitive keisrit)

1. emperor

Declension

Declension of keiser (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		keiser	keisrid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	keisri
genitive			keisrite
partitive		keisrit	keisreid
illative		keisrisse	keisritesse keisreisse
inessive		keisris	keisrites keisreis
elative		keisrist	keisritest keisreist
allative		keisrile	keisritele keisreile
adessive		keisril	keisritel keisreil
ablative		keisrilt	keisritelt keisreilt
translative		keisriks	keisriteks keisreiks
terminative		keisrini	keisriteni
essive		keisrina	keisritena
abessive		keisrita	keisriteta
comitative		keisriga	keisritega

Middle English

Noun

keiser

1. Alternative form of kayser

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Caesar, via Old Norse keisari.

Noun

keiser m (definite singular keiseren, indefinite plural keisere, definite plural keiserne)

1. emperor

Derived terms

• keiserlig
• keiserrike
• keisersnitt

Related terms

• keiserinne

See also

• keisar (Nynorsk)

References

• “keiser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz.

Noun

keiser m

1. emperor

Inflection

Declension of keiser (masculine strong ja-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	keisere, -i	keisere, -i
accusative	keisere, -i	keisere, -i
genitive	keiseres, -is	keisero
dative	keisere, -i	keiseron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: keiser
  • Dutch: keizer

Further reading

• “kēser, keiser”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012