Autorität

See also: autoritat

German

Etymology

From Latin auctōritās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaʊ̯toʁiˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Au‧to‧ri‧tät

Noun

Autorität f (genitive Autorität, plural Autoritäten)

  1. authority
    • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 268:
      Unrecht ist die Verfehlung gegen die menschliche Gemeinschaft, Sünde die Verfehlung gegen die göttliche, mithin gegen die priesterliche Autorität.
      Wrongdoing is the misconduct against the human community, sin the misconduct against the godly, therefore against the priestly authority.

Declension

Descendants

  • Polish: autorytet

Further reading

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