Komtur

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Middle High German kumtur, from Old French commendeor, from Medieval Latin commendātor.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Kom‧tur

Noun

Komtur m (strong, genitive Komturs, plural Komture)

  1. (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.
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  2. A rank within certain types of honorary orders. (A bearer of the Komturkreuz.)

Declension

Declension of Komtur
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Komtur die Komture
genitive eines des Komturs der Komture
dative einem dem Komtur den Komturen
accusative einen den Komtur die Komture

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Polish: komtur

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