Hohepriester

German

Alternative forms
  • Hohe-Priester, Hohe Priester (with inflection of both parts)

Etymology

From hoch and Priester.

Pronunciation
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Noun

Hohepriester m (strong, genitive Hohepriesters, plural Hohepriester) or (proscribed)
Hoherpriester m (strong, definite nominative der Hohepriester, genitive (des) Hohenpriesters, plural Hohepriester, definite plural die Hohenpriester)

  1. high priest

Usage notes
  • The irregular declension of Hohepriester is proscribed nowadays. When the first part Hoh- is inflected too, it shall be spelled Hohe Priester. In the 20th century before 1996, the irregular declension was still mentioned in dictionaries by Duden, e.g. in the 18th edition of Duden: Die Rechtschreibung from 1980 it is "Ho|he|lied das: Hohenlied[e]s; im Hohenlied[e]; in Salomo[n]s Hohemlied[e]; ein Hohe[s]lied der Kameradschaft" and "Ho|he|prie|ster der: Hohenpriesters, Hohenpriester; ein Hoherpriester, zwei Hohepriester".

Declension
regular declension
Declension of Hohepriester [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hohepriester die Hohepriester
genitive eines des Hohepriesters der Hohepriester
dative einem dem Hohepriester den Hohepriestern
accusative einen den Hohepriester die Hohepriester
irregular declension (proscribed)
Declension of Hoherpriester [masculine, strong]
singular plural
masculine gender strong declension
nominative Hoherpriester Hohepriester
genitive Hohenpriesters Hoherpriester
dative Hohempriester Hohenpriestern
accusative Hohenpriester Hohepriester
weak declension
nominative der Hohepriester die Hohenpriester
genitive des Hohenpriesters der Hohenpriester
dative dem Hohenpriester den Hohenpriestern
accusative den Hohenpriester die Hohenpriester
mixed declension
nominative ein Hoherpriester (keine) Hohenpriester
genitive eines Hohenpriesters (keiner) Hohenpriester
dative einem Hohenpriester (keinen) Hohenpriestern
accusative einen Hohenpriester (keine) Hohenpriester

Derived terms
  • (das) Hohepriesterthum, (ein) Hohespriesterthum (obsolete)

See also
  • (der) Geheimerath, (ein) Geheimerrath
  • (das) Hohelied, (ein) Hoheslied
  • (die) Langeweile
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