legitim
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]legitim (plural legitims)
- (law) Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children.
Usage notes
[edit]Where there is the law of legitim, and in the case where the testator has children, it is not lawful for a testator with issue to designate his spouse as sole heir while ignoring his children.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]18th century, from Latin lēgitimus in legal parlance. The form (especially the final stress) is probably influenced by French légitime.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]legitim (strong nominative masculine singular legitimer, comparative legitimer, superlative am legitimsten)
- legitimate, justified by law, morals or custom
- Synonyms: berechtigt, gerechtfertigt, rechtmäßig
- Antonyms: illegitim, unberechtigt, ungerechtfertigt, unrechtmäßig
- (of a child or sexual partner) legitimate, i.e. marital
- Synonym: ehelich
- Antonyms: illegitim, unehelich, außerehelich
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist legitim | sie ist legitim | es ist legitim | sie sind legitim | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | legitimer | legitime | legitimes | legitime |
genitive | legitimen | legitimer | legitimen | legitimer | |
dative | legitimem | legitimer | legitimem | legitimen | |
accusative | legitimen | legitime | legitimes | legitime | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der legitime | die legitime | das legitime | die legitimen |
genitive | des legitimen | der legitimen | des legitimen | der legitimen | |
dative | dem legitimen | der legitimen | dem legitimen | den legitimen | |
accusative | den legitimen | die legitime | das legitime | die legitimen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein legitimer | eine legitime | ein legitimes | (keine) legitimen |
genitive | eines legitimen | einer legitimen | eines legitimen | (keiner) legitimen | |
dative | einem legitimen | einer legitimen | einem legitimen | (keinen) legitimen | |
accusative | einen legitimen | eine legitime | ein legitimes | (keine) legitimen |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Hebrew: לגיטימי (legitími)
Further reading
[edit]Ladin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]legitim m (feminine singular legitima, masculine plural legitims, feminine plural legitimes)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “legitim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “legitim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French légitime, from Latin legitimus.
Adjective
[edit]legitim m or n (feminine singular legitimă, masculine plural legitimi, feminine and neuter plural legitime)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | legitim | legitimă | legitimi | legitime | ||
definite | legitimul | legitima | legitimii | legitimele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | legitim | legitime | legitimi | legitime | ||
definite | legitimului | legitimei | legitimilor | legitimelor |
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]legitim
Declension
[edit]Inflection of legitim | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | legitim | — | — |
Neuter singular | legitimt | — | — |
Plural | legitima | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | legitime | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | legitime | — | — |
All | legitima | — | — |
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 |
Antonyms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
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- Rhymes:Swedish/iːm
- Rhymes:Swedish/iːm/3 syllables
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