Regisseur
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French régisseur, which stands for bailiff or trustee in English, as well as assistant director in theater. The word is actually a false friend; in French the film director is a metteur en scène or sometimes réalisateur, but never a régisseur.
Pronunciation
Noun
Regisseur m (strong, genitive Regisseurs, plural Regisseure, feminine Regisseurin)
- (film, theater or opera) director (male or of unspecified gender)
- (figuratively, metaphorically) trainer, coach (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
Declension of Regisseur
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Regisseur | die | Regisseure |
| genitive | eines | des | Regisseurs | der | Regisseure |
| dative | einem | dem | Regisseur | den | Regisseuren |
| accusative | einen | den | Regisseur | die | Regisseure |
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Further reading
- “Regisseur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Regisseur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Regisseur” in Duden online
Regisseur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
