mästare

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mæstare, mæster, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, mêster, from Old Saxon mêstar, from Old French maistre (French maître), from Latin magister.[1] Doublet of magister (“male teacher”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsˌtarɛ/
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Noun

mästare c (feminine mästarinna)

  1. a master (expert at something)
  2. a master (a fully educated tradesman, no longer an apprentice or journeyman)
  3. a champion (winner of a competition)

Usage notes
  • compounds are based on mäster-, which is also the title: goddag, mäster Andersson

Declension
Declension of mästare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mästare mästaren mästare mästarna
Genitive mästares mästarens mästares mästarnas

References
  1. mästare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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