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German
Etymology
From Middle High German priester, from Old High German priester, borrowed around 700 (after the High German consonant shift, but before the diphthongisation of West Germanic ē) from pre-Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros). Doublet of Presbyter. Immediately cognate with Dutch priester, Low German Preester, French prêtre. Compare also English priest. An earlier West Germanic word for “priest” is Pfaffe, which remained in use alongside Priester during the Middle Ages, but has had a pejorative tone since the Reformation.
Pronunciation
Noun
Priester m (strong, genitive Priesters, plural Priester, feminine Priesterin)
- (religion) priest
- Synonyms: Hierodule, Kultdiener
- (Roman Catholicism) priest, presbyter (man who has received the sacrament of ordination)
- (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism) priest (every believer)
Usage notes
- (every believer): Universal priesthood is also taught by the Catholic Church, which however distinguishes between different degrees of priesthood and uses the word Priester, like the English word priest, chiefly in the narrower sense as above.
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Further reading
- “Priester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Priester” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Priester” in Duden online
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Pronunciation
Noun
Priester m (plural Priester)
- priest
Do is en neier Priester in de Kerrich.- There's a new priest in church.
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