Messdiener

German

Alternative forms

  • Meßdiener, Messediener

Etymology

Messe (“Mass”) + dienen (“to serve”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsˌdiːnɐ/
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Noun

Messdiener m (strong, genitive Messdieners, plural Messdiener, feminine Messdienerin)

  1. (Christianity) altar boy, altar girl
    Synonym: Ministrant
    • Kurt Mühle, Zelenka: Abseits aller Wege
      Luise schlängelte sich nach vorn, um festzustellen, dass hier tatsächlich auch weibliche Messdiener agierten.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Messdiener [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Messdiener die Messdiener
genitive eines des Messdieners der Messdiener
dative einem dem Messdiener den Messdienern
accusative einen den Messdiener die Messdiener

Further reading

Hunsrik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
    Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
    Proto-Italic *meitō
    Latin mittō
    Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
    Proto-Italic *-tjō
    Latin -tiō
    Latin missiō
    Ecclesiastical Latin missabor.
    Old High German missa
    Middle High German messe
    Hunsrik Mess
    Hunsrik Diener
    Hunsrik Messdiener

    From Mess + Diener.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmesˌtiːna/
    • Rhymes: -iːna
    • Syllabification: Mess‧die‧ner

    Noun

    Messdiener m (plural Messdiener, feminine Messdienerin)

    1. (Roman Catholicism) altar boy (boy serving as an acolyt)
    2. (colloquial, derogatory) sycophant

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Messdiener”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 110, column 1
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