Polyglot Dictionary

Autorität

/aʊtoʁiˈtɛːt/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Autoritäten

Meaning

  1. authority

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

befugnis

Befugnis specifically means having the legal right or authorization to do something; Autorität is more general institutional authority or power.

Similar in other languages

French

autorité

autorité is the French word for the same thing — both mean "authority."

Portuguese

autoridade

autoridade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "authority."

Practice

1 What does Autorität mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Lehrer hat keine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Autorität?

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