bigott
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)
- (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
- (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of bigott
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist bigott | sie ist bigott | es ist bigott | sie sind bigott | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | bigotter | bigotte | bigottes | bigotte |
genitive | bigotten | bigotter | bigotten | bigotter | |
dative | bigottem | bigotter | bigottem | bigotten | |
accusative | bigotten | bigotte | bigottes | bigotte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der bigotte | die bigotte | das bigotte | die bigotten |
genitive | des bigotten | der bigotten | des bigotten | der bigotten | |
dative | dem bigotten | der bigotten | dem bigotten | den bigotten | |
accusative | den bigotten | die bigotte | das bigotte | die bigotten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein bigotter | eine bigotte | ein bigottes | (keine) bigotten |
genitive | eines bigotten | einer bigotten | eines bigotten | (keiner) bigotten | |
dative | einem bigotten | einer bigotten | einem bigotten | (keinen) bigotten | |
accusative | einen bigotten | eine bigotte | ein bigottes | (keine) bigotten |
Comparative forms of bigott
Superlative forms of bigott
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bigott (not comparable)
Usage notes
[edit]Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of bigott | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bigott | — | — |
Neuter singular | bigott | — | — |
Plural | bigotta | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | bigotte | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bigotte | — | — |
All | bigotta | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |