"Psalter" meaning in German

See Psalter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈpsaltɐ] Audio: De-Psalter.ogg Forms: der Psalter [canonical, masculine], des Psalters [definite, genitive], Salter [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Middle High German salter, from Old High German saltāri, from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). The modern Ps- is due to relatinization; see Psalm for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|salter}} Middle High German salter, {{inh|de|goh|saltāri}} Old High German saltāri, {{der|de|la|psaltērium}} Latin psaltērium, {{der|de|grc|ψαλτήριον}} Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m.article}} der Psalter m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Psalters)
  1. the Book of Psalms Tags: definite, proper-noun, strong, usually Synonyms: (Buch der) Psalmen
    Sense id: en-Psalter-de-name-KeFzlMrE Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 50 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 45 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈpsaltɐ] Audio: De-Psalter.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German salter, from Old High German saltāri, from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). The modern Ps- is due to relatinization; see Psalm for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|salter}} Middle High German salter, {{inh|de|goh|saltāri}} Old High German saltāri, {{der|de|la|psaltērium}} Latin psaltērium, {{der|de|grc|ψαλτήριον}} Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Psalter m (strong, genitive Psalters, plural Psalter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Psalters [genitive], Psalter [plural], strong [table-tags], Psalter [nominative, singular], Psalter [definite, nominative, plural], Psalters [genitive, singular], Psalter [definite, genitive, plural], Psalter [dative, singular], Psaltern [dative, definite, plural], Psalter [accusative, singular], Psalter [accusative, definite, plural], Salter [alternative, obsolete]
  1. a copy of the Psalms independent from the rest of the Old Testament (either on its own or along with the New Testament) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Psalter-de-noun-DpJKe8KR Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bible, Christianity Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 50 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 64 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 45 1 Disambiguation of Bible: 29 70 1 Disambiguation of Christianity: 6 92 2
  2. a psaltery Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Psalter-de-noun-EGZkUERM
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