mästare

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mæstare, mæster, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, mêster, from Old Saxon mêstar, from Old French maistre (French maître), from Latin magister.[1] Doublet of magister (“male teacher”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsˌtarɛ/
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Noun

mästare c (feminine mästarinna)

  1. a master (expert at something)
  2. a master (a fully educated tradesman, no longer an apprentice or journeyman)
  3. a champion (winner of a competition)

Usage notes

  • compounds are based on mäster-, which is also the title: goddag, mäster Andersson

Declension

Declension of mästare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mästare mästares
definite mästaren mästarens
plural indefinite mästare mästares
definite mästarna mästarnas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: mestari

See also

References

  1. ^ mästare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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