mästare
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]mästare c (feminine mästarinna)
- a master (expert at something)
- a master (a fully educated tradesman, no longer an apprentice or journeyman)
- a champion (winner of a competition)
Usage notes
[edit]- compounds are based on mäster-, which is also the title: goddag, mäster Andersson
Declension
[edit]| Declension of mästare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mästare | mästaren | mästare | mästarna |
| Genitive | mästares | mästarens | mästares | mästarnas |
Related terms
[edit]- bagarmästare
- borgmästare
- distriktsmästare
- europamästare
- målarmästare
- mästerskap
- mästerverk
- murarmästare
- skomakarmästare
- sverigemästare
- världsmästare
Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: mestari
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mästare in Svensk ordbok.
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