Papsttum

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bābestuom. Equivalent to Papst +‎ -tum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːpsˌtuːm/, (rare, pedantic) /ˈpaːpstˌtuːm/
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  • Hyphenation: Papst‧tum

Noun

Papsttum n (strong, genitive Papsttums or Papsttumes, plural Papsttümer)

  1. (religion) popedom, papacy (office and jurisdiction of the Pope)

Declension
Declension of Papsttum [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Papsttum die Papsttümer
genitive eines des Papsttums, Papsttumes der Papsttümer
dative einem dem Papsttum, Papsttume1 den Papsttümern
accusative ein das Papsttum die Papsttümer

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading
  • Papsttum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Papsttum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Papsttum” in Duden online
  • “Papsttum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Papsttum”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024
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