Münster

See also: muenster, munster, and Munster

English

Etymology

From German Münster.

Proper noun

Münster

1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2. (historical) The prince-bishopric based in that city

Translations

city in North Rhine-Westphalia

• Arabic: مونستر
• Armenian: Մյունստեր (Myunster)
• Bavarian: Minschda
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明斯特 (Míngsītè)

• Dutch: Munster, Münster
• Georgian: მიუნსტერი (miunsṭeri)
• German: Münster (de)
• Greek: Μύνστερ (el) (Mýnster)
• Hebrew: מינסטר
• Japanese: ミュンスター
• Korean: 뮌스터 (mwinseuteo)
• Kyrgyz: Мүнстер (Münster)
• Latin: Monasterium
• Macedonian: Ми́нстер m (Mínster)
• Marathi: म्युन्स्टर (myunsṭar)
• Russian: Мюнстер (ru) m (Mjunster)
• Ukrainian: Мюнстер (Mjunster)

Anagrams

• Munters, munters, sternum

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏnstɐ/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Müns‧ter

Etymology 1

From Middle High German münster, from Old High German munistiuri (8th century), from Vulgar Latin *monisterium, from Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion). Cognate with English minster and the doublet monastery, and Sicilian misteri.

Noun

Münster n or (dated) m (strong, genitive Münsters, plural Münster)

1. minster (large, originally monastic church)

Usage notes

• Since the English word minster is less widely used, churches like the Ulmer Münster or Bonner Münster are often called cathedral in English texts, though this is not strictly correct. An exception is the Freiburger Münster, which is indeed a cathedral.

Declension

Declension of Münster [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Münster	die	Münster
genitive	eines	des	Münsters	der	Münster
dative	einem	dem	Münster	den	Münstern
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Münster	die	Münster

Proper noun

Münster n (proper noun, genitive Münsters or (optionally with an article) Münster)

1. Münster (an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
   1. (historical) the prince-bishopric based in that city
2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
3. A municipality of Hesse, Germany
4. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
5. Munster (a municipality of Alsace, France)

Declension

Declension of Münster [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Münster
genitive	des	Münsters, Münster1
dative	dem	Münster
accusative	das	Münster

¹Optionally with an article.

Descendants

• → English: Münster

Proper noun

Münster m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Münsters or (with an article) Münster, plural Münsters or Münster)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Münster [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Münster	(eine)	(die)	Münster	(die)	Münsters, Münster
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Münsters, Münster1	(einer)	(der)	Münster	(der)	Münsters, Münster
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Münster	(einer)	(der)	Münster	(den)	Münsters, Münster
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Münster	(eine)	(die)	Münster	(die)	Münsters, Münster

¹With an article.

Etymology 2

Short for Münsterkäse, from the Alsatian town of Munster (German Münster above).

Noun

Münster m (strong, genitive Münster or Münsters, plural (rare) Münster)

1. Munster cheese (Alsatian cheese)

Declension

Declension of Münster [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Münster	die	Münster
genitive	eines	des	Münster, Münsters	der	Münster
dative	einem	dem	Münster	den	Münstern
accusative	einen	den	Münster	die	Münster

Alternative forms

• Munster, Munsterkäse, Münsterkäse

Descendants

• → English: muenster

Further reading

• Münster on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Münster (Käse)” in Duden online
• “Münster (Kirche)” in Duden online
• “Münster (Stadt)” in Duden online
• “Münster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache