Herrnhuter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Herrnhuter. So called from the settlement of Herrnhut (= the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.

Noun

Herrnhuter (plural Herrnhuters)

1. (historical) A member of the Moravian Church.

References

• “Herrnhuter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

German

Noun

Herrnhuter m (strong, genitive Herrnhuters, plural Herrnhuter, feminine Herrnhuterin)

1. (Christianity) Herrnhuter (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Herrnhuter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Herrnhuter	die	Herrnhuter
genitive	eines	des	Herrnhuters	der	Herrnhuter
dative	einem	dem	Herrnhuter	den	Herrnhutern
accusative	einen	den	Herrnhuter	die	Herrnhuter

Related terms

• herrnhutisch (= brüderisch)

See also

• Brüdergemeinde
• Brüdergemeine (= Herrnhuter)
• Mennonitenbrüdergemeinde, Mennoniten-Brüdergemeinde
• Mennoniten-Brüdergemeine (obsolete spelling)