Diözese
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Diozöse (misspelling, but widely attestable in edited texts)
Etymology
[edit]From Ecclesiastical Latin dioecesis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌdiːøˈt͡seːzə/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˌdiːoˈt͡seːzə/ (common simplification)
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): /ˌdiːoˈt͡søːzə/ (nonstandard, chiefly erroneous, but common)
- Rhymes: -eːzə
Noun
[edit]Diözese f (genitive Diözese, plural Diözesen)
- (Christianity) diocese
- Synonym: Bistum
- (historical) diocese (Roman administrative division)
Usage notes
[edit]- Compounds are formed from the stem Diözesan-.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Diözese [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Diözese on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Diözese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Diözese” in Duden online
- “Diözese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Categories:
- German terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/eːzə
- Rhymes:German/eːzə/4 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Christianity
- German terms with historical senses