musterhaft

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German

Etymology

From Muster (template; example) +‎ -haft. 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊstɐhaft/
  • Hyphenation: mus‧ter‧haft; pre-1996: mu‧ster‧haft

Adjective

musterhaft (strong nominative masculine singular musterhafter, comparative musterhafter, superlative am musterhaftesten)

  1. exemplary, perfect, impeccable
    Synonyms: beispielhaft, mustergültig, perfekt, vollkommen, vorbildhaft
    • 1770, Friedrich Nicolai, editor, Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek, volume 11, page 367:
      ihr [der französischen Kirche] Betragen ist musterhaft und nachahmenswerth
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    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vorspiel auf dem Theater”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil:
      Drum seyd nur brav und zeigt euch musterhaft, / Laßt Phantasie, mit allen ihren Chören, / Vernunft, Verstand, Empfindung, Leidenschaft, / Doch, merkt euch wohl! nicht ohne Narrheit hören.
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