Musikant
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th century, from Medieval Latin musicans, present participle of musicare (“to play music”), perhaps through Italian musicante. Equivalent to Musik + -ant.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Musikant m (weak, genitive Musikanten, plural Musikanten, feminine Musikantin)
- musician
- 1737, J.A. Scheibe, Der Critische Musicus. I. Theil, Hamburg, page 46f:
- Der Herr [Bach] ist endlich in [Leipzig] der Vornehmste unter den Musicanten.
- Mister Bach is the most distinguished of the musicians in Leipzig.
Usage notes
[edit]- Musikant is mostly restricted to amateur or “lower-tier” musicians such as street musicians, performers of folk music at public festivals, and suchlike. The general word for “musician” is Musiker.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Musikant [masculine, weak]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Musikant | die | Musikanten |
genitive | eines | des | Musikanten | der | Musikanten |
dative | einem | dem | Musikanten | den | Musikanten |
accusative | einen | den | Musikanten | die | Musikanten |
Derived terms
[edit]- Musikantenknochen n (“funny bone”, literally “musician bone”)
- Straßenmusikant m (“street musician”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: מוזיקאַנט (muzikant)
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Medieval Latin
- German terms derived from Italian
- German terms suffixed with -ant
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ant
- Rhymes:German/ant/3 syllables
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German weak nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German terms with quotations
- de:Musicians