Minister
See also: minister
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French ministre, from Latin minister.
Pronunciation
Noun
Minister m (strong, genitive Ministers, plural Minister, feminine Ministerin)
- minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
- Johannes Schmidt ist der Minister für Nationale Verteidigung. ― Johannes Schmidt is the Minister of National Defence.
- 2007, Frank Brettschneider & Oskar Niedermayer & Bernhard Weßels (eds.), Die Bundestagswahl 2005: Analysen des Wahlkampfes und der Wahlergebnisse, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p.173:
- Ebenfalls finden sich in der Regierung der Großen Koalition unter Kanzlerin Merkel proportional gesehen weniger weibliche Minister als noch unter Kanzler Schröder (sechs Frauen gegenüber zehn Männern unter Merkel und sechs Frauen gegenüber acht Männern unter Schröder).
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Declension
Declension of Minister [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Prowe, Gunhild with Schneider, Jill and Rowlinson, William (1993) The Oxford Paperback German Dictionary & Grammar, Chatham, Kent, UK: Mackays of Chatham plc, published 1995, →ISBN, page 153
Further reading
- “Minister” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Minister” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Minister” in Duden online
- Minister on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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Pronunciation
Noun
Minister m (plural Minister)
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