Zelot
See also: zelot
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zēlōtēs, from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zēlōtḗs). See zealot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tseˈloːt/, [t͡seˈloːt], [t͡sə-]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ze‧lot
- Rhymes: -oːt
Noun
Zelot m (weak, genitive Zeloten, plural Zeloten, feminine Zelotin)
- (historical) zealot (member of the Zealot movement in Judea)
- (rare, higher register) zealot (zealous person)
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 565:
- Die Musik, das Rufen erinnerten an Aufpulverungsmethoden der Heilsarmee, erinnerten auch denjenigen daran, der, wie Hans Castorp, einem Gottesfest dieser aufgeräumten Zeloten noch niemals beigewohnt hatte.
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Declension
Derived terms
- Zelotentum
- zelotisch
Further reading
- “Zelot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zelot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zelot” in Duden online
- Zelot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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