Legat

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaːt/
• Hyphenation: Le‧gat

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin legatum.

Noun

Legat n (strong, genitive Legates or Legats, plural Legate)

1. legacy, a detachment of certain items of the heritage

   Synonym: Vermächtnis

Usage notes

Occurs in rump-Germany only historically, in description of Roman Law or perhaps some foreign laws, whereas it occurs regularly in Switzerland.
In rump-Germany’s, Switzerland’s, Austria’s and Liechtenstein’s internal laws only the legatum damnationis occurs, unlike in Belgium and Luxemburg and most other continental law countries.

Declension

Declension of Legat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Legat	die	Legate
genitive	eines	des	Legates, Legats	der	Legate
dative	einem	dem	Legat, Legate1	den	Legaten
accusative	ein	das	Legat	die	Legate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Damnationslegat
• Vindikationslegat

Further reading

• “Legat” in Duden online

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin legatus.

Noun

Legat m (weak, genitive Legaten, plural Legaten, feminine Legatin)

1. legate

   Synonym: Gesandter

Declension

Declension of Legat [masculine, weak]

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

Further reading

• “Legat” in Duden online