Slawist

German

Alternative forms

• Slavist

Etymology

Attested since the first half of 19th century. slawisch +‎ -ist or Slawen (“speaker of Slavic language”) +‎ -ist, modelled on earlier Romanist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaˈvɪst/, [slaˈvɪst]

• Audio:

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Noun

Slawist m (weak, genitive Slawisten, plural Slawisten, feminine Slawistin)

1. (humanities) Someone who specialises in Slavic studies, Slavistics. [first half of 19th c.]

Declension

Declension of Slawist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Slawist	die	Slawisten
genitive	eines	des	Slawisten	der	Slawisten
dative	einem	dem	Slawisten	den	Slawisten
accusative	einen	den	Slawisten	die	Slawisten

Hyponyms

• Belorussist
• Bohemist
• Bulgarist
• Kaschubist
• Kroatist
• Mazedonist
• Ostslawist
• Polonist
• Pomorist
• Russist
• Serbist
• Serbokroatist
• Slowakist
• Slowenist
• Sorabist
• Südslawist
• Ukrainist
• Westslawist

 

Derived terms

• Slawistik
• slawistisch

 

Related terms

• slawisch
• Slawismus

 

Further reading

• “Slawist” in Duden online
• “Slawist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Slawist, Slavist at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.