Dekan

See also: dekan

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Dekan m (genitive Dekans, plural Dekane, feminine Dekanin)

1. dean (male or of unspecified sex) (senior official in college or university)

Derived terms

• Dekan der Fakultät
• Dekanat
• Dekanin
• Domdekan
• Kardinaldekan
• Kreisdekan
• Prodekan
• Regionaldekan
• stellvertretender Dekan
• Stiftsdekan
• Studiendekan

 

Noun

Dekan n (genitive Dekans, plural Dekane)

1. (organic chemistry) decane (alternative spelling of) Decan n

See also

• (astrology) Dekan n (“decan”)

Further reading

• “Dekan” in Duden online