-meister
English
/ˈmaɪstə/, /ˈmaɪstɚ/
suffix
Definitions
- An expert on the specified subject.
- A person in charge of a specified thing.
- Attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Meister (master, champion, highly skilled tradesman).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Meister
Gloss
master, champion, highly skilled tradesman
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meister English
- magister Latin
- Bademeister German
- Ballettmeister German
- Betriebsmeister German
- Bäckermeister German
- Chormeister German
- Europameister German
- Hafenmeister German
- Handwerksmeister German
- Hausmeister German
- Jägermeister German
- Konzertmeister German
- Meister German
- Meisterschaft German
- Meisterstück German
- Meisterwerk German
- Rittmeister German
- Schwimmmeister German
- Siegmeister German
- Vizemeister German
- Wachtmeister German
- Wasenmeister German
- Weltmeister German
- meisterhaft German
- meisterlich German
- mester Hungarian
- maistru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- meșter Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- meistar Old High German
- meister Middle High German