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bigott

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bigot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈɡɔt/
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Adjective

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bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)

  1. (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
  2. (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word

Declension

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Further reading

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  • bigott” in Duden online
  • bigott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Adjective

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bigott (not comparable)

  1. (religiously, sanctimoniously) bigoted

Usage notes

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Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.

Declension

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Inflection of bigott
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bigott
neuter singular bigott
plural bigotta
masculine plural2 bigotte
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bigotte
all bigotta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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