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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)
- exemplary, perfect, impeccable
- Synonyms: beispielhaft, mustergültig, perfekt, vollkommen, vorbildhaft
1770, Friedrich Nicolai, editor, Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek, volume 11, page 367:
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vorspiel auf dem Theater”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of musterhaft
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