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Primat (plural Primats)
From substantive use of Late Latin prīmās (“chief; noble”) (genitive prīmātis), from Latin prīmus (“prime, first rank”) + -ās.[1]
Primat m (weak, genitive Primaten, plural Primaten, feminine (for the animal) Primatin)
Declension of Primat [masculine, weak]
- (ecclesiastical position): Primas
Borrowed from Latin prīmātus (“primacy, supremacy”).[2]
Primat n or m (strong, genitive Primats or Primates, plural Primate)
- primacy, supremacy
- Synonym: Vorrang
2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 21/2010, page 37:
Doch das Gesetz der Demokratie gilt nur zwischen den Bürgern und ihrem Staat. In der Außenpolitik gilt traditionell das Primat der Regierung.
- But the law of democracy is only in force between the citizens and their state. In foreign policy the primacy of the government is traditionally in force.
- (ecclesiastical) primacy
- (wine) Primat
Declension of Primat [neuter // masculine, strong]
- (ecclesiastical station): Primas
- → Ukrainian: прима́т (prymát)
- Primat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Primat” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Primat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Primat”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Primat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon