"Testament" meaning in German

See Testament in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɛstaˈmɛnt/ Audio: De-Testament.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin testāmentum. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|testāmentum}} Borrowed from Latin testāmentum Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Testament n (strong, genitive Testamentes or Testaments, plural Testamente) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Testamentes [genitive], Testaments [genitive], Testamente [plural], strong [table-tags], Testament [nominative, singular], Testamente [definite, nominative, plural], Testamentes [genitive, singular], Testaments [genitive, singular], Testamente [definite, genitive, plural], Testament [dative, singular], Testamente [dative, singular], Testamenten [dative, definite, plural], Testament [accusative, singular], Testamente [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (law) will, testament Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: letztwillige Verfügung [law], letzter Wille [informal] Hypernyms: Willenserklärung, Willensverfügung Hyponyms: Bürgermeistertestament, Drei-Zeugen-Testament, Mätressentestament, Nottestament, Patiententestament, Seetestament, Altes Testament, Neues Testament Derived forms: testamentarisch, Testamentsanfechtung [compound, noun], Testamentseröffnung [compound, noun], Testamentserrichtung [compound, noun], Testamentsgesetz [compound, noun], Testamentsurkunde [compound, noun], Testamentsverwahrung [compound, noun], Testamentsvollstrecker [compound, noun], Testamentsvollstreckung [compound, noun] Related terms: Testator
    Sense id: en-Testament-de-noun-YQNtBxpw Categories (other): Law, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: law
  2. (biblical) testament (part of the Bible) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Testament-de-noun-PwsRDL2e Categories (other): Bible, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Inflected forms

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