meister
See also: Meister and -meister
English
Etymology
From German Meister (“master", "champion”). Doublet of master.
Noun
meister (plural meisters)
- A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
- 2009, January 20, “Natalie Angier”, in In ‘Geek Chic’ and Obama, New Hope for Lifting Women in Science:
- The designated leaders so far include superstars like Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate, and Eric Lander, genome meister.
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Derived terms
- -meister
Anagrams
- metiers, métiers, reemits, retimes, tremies, triseme
German
Adjective
meister
- inflection of viel:
- strong and mixed nominative masculine singular superlative degree
- strong genitive and dative feminine singular superlative degree
- strong genitive plural superlative degree
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛistɛr/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
meister m (definite singular meisteren, indefinite plural meistrar, definite plural meistrane)
- master (person of authority)
- champion (someone who has been winner in a contest)
Derived terms
- meistra/meistre
- verdsmeister
- meisterskap
See also
- mester (Bokmål)
References
- “meister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.