Polyglot Dictionary

Klerus

/ˈkleːʁʊs/

der 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 Religious Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. clergy

    • Der Klerus hatte große Macht.

      The clergy had great power.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

clero

clero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "clergy."

Portuguese

clero

clero is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "clergy."

Practice

1 What does Klerus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ hatte große Macht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Klerus?

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