Polyglot Dictionary

Herrschaft

/ˈhɛʁʃaft/

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 Herrschaften

Meaning

  1. rule

    Built from Herr (lord) + -schaft (-ship).

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Herr lord
  • -schaft -ship

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

norma

norma is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "rule."

Portuguese

regra

regra is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "rule."

Practice

1 What does Herrschaft mean?

2 Fill the gap: Unter seiner ___ ging es dem Land gut.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Herrschaft?

nouncompound

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