Kurfürstentum
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Kurfürst + -en- + -tum.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kurfürstentum n (strong, genitive Kurfürstentumes or Kurfürstentums, plural Kurfürstentümer)
- (historical, Holy Roman Empire) electorate
Declension
Declension of Kurfürstentum
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Kurfürstentum | die | Kurfürstentümer |
| genitive | eines | des | Kurfürstentumes, Kurfürstentums | der | Kurfürstentümer |
| dative | einem | dem | Kurfürstentum, Kurfürstentume1 | den | Kurfürstentümern |
| accusative | ein | das | Kurfürstentum | die | Kurfürstentümer |
1Now rare, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Kurköln (“Electorate of Cologne”)
- Kurmainz (“Electorate of Mainz”)
- Kurtrier (“Electorate of Trier”)
- Kurpfalz (“Electorate of the Palatinate”)
- Kursachsen (“Electorate of Saxony”)
- Kurbrandenburg (“Electorate of Brandenburg”)
- Kurböhmen (“Electorate of Bohemia”)
Related terms
Further reading
Kurfürstentum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Kurfürstentum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kurfürstentum” in Duden online
- “Kurfürstentum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kurfürstentum”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024
