Prokurist

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German

Etymology

Prokura +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁokuˈʁɪst/
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Noun

Prokurist m (weak, genitive Prokuristen, plural Prokuristen, feminine Prokuristin)

  1. legally authorized business representative or agent; manager or accountant
    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925, page 226; republished as Mike Mitchell, transl., The Trial, 2009:
      Der Fabrikant beklagte sich, daß er beim Prokuristen so wenig Neigung für das Geschäft gefunden habe, und zeigte auf K., der sich unter dem Blick des Direktor-Stellvertreters wieder über die Papiere beugte.
      The factory-owner complained that the senior accountant had shown little enthusiasm for the project, and pointed at K. who, feeling the deputy manager’s eyes on him, bent over the papers again.

Declension

Further reading

  • Prokurist” in Duden online
  • Prokurist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache