meister

See also: Meister and -meister

English

Etymology

From German Meister (“master, highly skilled tradesman; champion”), from Old High German meistar, from Latin magister, whence also English master, mister, magister, and maestro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯stə(r)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

meister (plural meisters)

1. A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
   • 2009 January 20, Natalie Angier, “In ‘Geek Chic’ and Obama, New Hope for Lifting Women in Science”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The designated leaders so far include superstars like Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate, and Eric Lander, genome meister.

Derived terms

• -meister

Anagrams

• meriest, metiers, métiers, reemits, retimes, tremies, triseme

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯stɐ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

meister

1. inflection of viel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular superlative degree
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular superlative degree
   3. strong genitive plural superlative degree

Adjective

meister

1. inflection of meist:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɪːstər/

Noun

meister m (definite singular meisteren, indefinite plural meistrar, definite plural meistrane)

1. master (person of authority)
2. champion (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Derived terms

• meistra/meistre
• verdsmeister
• meisterskap

See also

• mester (Bokmål)

References

• “meister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.