Charakter
See also: charakter
German
Alternative forms
- Character, Karakter (noun 1; dated)
Pronunciation
- (Standard, Germany) IPA(key): /kaˈraktər/, [kʰäˈʁäktʰɐ]
- (Standard, Germany) IPA(key): /karakˈtɛr/, [kʰäʁäkˈtʰɛɐ̯] (sometimes for noun 2)
- (northern Germany) IPA(key): [kʰaʁaktʰ(e)ə̯], [kʰæɾæktʰɛə̯] (standard, conservative)
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Etymology
From Middle High German karacter, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”).
Noun
Charakter m (genitive Charakters, plural Charaktere or Charakter)
- character; the totality of someone's personal qualities
- Synonym: Persönlichkeit
- 1790, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Torquato Tasso, Leipzig:
- Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, / Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- character, characteristic feature or nature of a thing, place, or people
- Synonym: Merkmal
- der Charakter der Stadt ― the character of the city
- der Charakter des Volkes ― the character of the people
- der nationale Charakter ― the national character
- (becoming dated) character, symbol, written glyph
- 1979, Eduard Mörike, Maler Nolten, chapter 5:
- Er zog ein mit sonderbaren Charakteren geschriebenes Heft hervor, […]
- 1979, Eduard Mörike, Maler Nolten, chapter 5:
- (dated, possibly archaic) title, rank
Usage notes
- The usual plural is Charaktere with the stress switching to the penultima. The regularised unchanged plural is occasionally seen and heard.
Derived terms
- Charakterbuchstabe
- Charakterschwein
- charakterisieren (Charakterisierung)
- charakteristisch
- charakterlos
Noun
Charakter m (genitive Charakters, plural Charaktere)
Declension
Declension of Charakter
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Charakter | die | Charaktere |
genitive | eines | des | Charakters | der | Charaktere |
dative | einem | dem | Charakter | den | Charakteren |
accusative | einen | den | Charakter | die | Charaktere |
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈʀakteʀ/, [kɑˈʀɑktɐ]
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