"Bischof" meaning in German

See Bischof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪʃɔf/ (note: predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long), /ˈbɪʃoːf/ (note: predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long) Audio: De-Bischof2.ogg , De-Bischof3.ogg , De-Bischof.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German bischof, from Old High German biscof, from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Latin episcopus. The -f- is due to the High German consonant shift, but in Middle High German it irregularly developed into -v- (thus predominantly bischoves rather than bischoffes), which explains the (variably) lengthened vowel. This development has been ascribed to renewed Romance influence; compare Italian vescovo. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|bischof}} Middle High German bischof, {{inh|de|goh|biscof}} Old High German biscof, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*biskop}} Proto-West Germanic *biskop, {{der|de|la|episcopus}} Latin episcopus, {{m+|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{cog|it|vescovo}} Italian vescovo Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e|f=^in}} Bischof m (strong, genitive Bischofs, plural Bischöfe, feminine Bischöfin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Bischofs [genitive], Bischöfe [plural], Bischöfin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Bischof [nominative, singular], Bischöfe [definite, nominative, plural], Bischofs [genitive, singular], Bischöfe [definite, genitive, plural], Bischof [dative, singular], Bischöfen [dative, definite, plural], Bischof [accusative, singular], Bischöfe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. bishop (male or of unspecified gender) Wikipedia link: High German consonant shift Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Bischof-de-noun-EqrOtBxF Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Catholicism, Christianity, Occupations, Religion, Roman Catholicism Derived forms: Bischofit, bischöflich, bischöfliche Kirche, Bischöfliche Methodistenkirche, bischöfliche Verfassung, Bischofs-Kiefer, Bischofsamt, Bischofschaft, Bischofsernennung, Bischofshof, Bischofshut, Bischofskapitularien, Bischofskappe, Bischofskirche, Bischofskollegium, Bischofskonferenz, Bischofskongregation, Bischofskraut, Bischofsliste, Bischofsmütze, Bischofspalast, Bischofspfalz, Bischofsring, Bischofsrobe, Bischofssiegel, Bischofssitz, Bischofsstab, Bischofsstadt, Bischofsstuhl, Bischofssynode, Bischofstangare, Bischofstaube, Bischofsthron, Bischofsvikar, Bischofswahl, Bischofswappen, Bischofsweber, Bischofsweihe, Bischofswürde, Bischoftum, Bistum, Schottische Bischöfliche Kirche

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "bischof"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German bischof",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "biscof"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German biscof",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*biskop"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *biskop",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "episcopus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin episcopus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "vescovo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian vescovo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German bischof, from Old High German biscof, from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Latin episcopus. The -f- is due to the High German consonant shift, but in Middle High German it irregularly developed into -v- (thus predominantly bischoves rather than bischoffes), which explains the (variably) lengthened vowel. This development has been ascribed to renewed Romance influence; compare Italian vescovo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Bischofs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischöfe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischöfin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischof",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischöfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischofs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischof",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischöfen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischof",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "f": "^in"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Catholicism",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Bischofit"
        },
        {
          "word": "bischöflich"
        },
        {
          "word": "bischöfliche Kirche"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischöfliche Methodistenkirche"
        },
        {
          "word": "bischöfliche Verfassung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofs-Kiefer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsamt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofschaft"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsernennung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofshof"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofshut"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskapitularien"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskappe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskirche"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskollegium"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskonferenz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskongregation"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofskraut"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsliste"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsmütze"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofspalast"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofspfalz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsring"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsrobe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofssiegel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofssitz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsstab"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsstadt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsstuhl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofssynode"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofstangare"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofstaube"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsthron"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsvikar"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofswahl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofswappen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsweber"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofsweihe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischofswürde"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bischoftum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bistum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schottische Bischöfliche Kirche"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop (male or of unspecified gender)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Bischof-de-noun-EqrOtBxF",
      "links": [
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "High German consonant shift"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪʃɔf/",
      "note": "predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪʃoːf/",
      "note": "predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Bischof"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bischofit"
    },
    {
      "word": "bischöflich"
    },
    {
      "word": "bischöfliche Kirche"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischöfliche Methodistenkirche"
    },
    {
      "word": "bischöfliche Verfassung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofs-Kiefer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsamt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofschaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsernennung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofshof"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofshut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskapitularien"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskappe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskirche"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskollegium"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskonferenz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskongregation"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofskraut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsliste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsmütze"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofspalast"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofspfalz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsring"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsrobe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofssiegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofssitz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsstab"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsstadt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsstuhl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofssynode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofstangare"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofstaube"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsthron"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsvikar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofswahl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofswappen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsweber"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofsweihe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischofswürde"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bischoftum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bistum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schottische Bischöfliche Kirche"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "bischof"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "episcopus"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "gmh",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "vescovo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian vescovo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischöfe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischöfin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischof",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischof",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Bischöfen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bischof",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "f": "^in"
      },
      "expansion": "Bischof m (strong, genitive Bischofs, plural Bischöfe, feminine Bischöfin)",
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    }
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    {
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "bishop (male or of unspecified gender)"
      ],
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          "bishop"
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      ],
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        "strong"
      ],
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        "High German consonant shift"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪʃɔf/",
      "note": "predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪʃoːf/",
      "note": "predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Bischof"
}

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