Musikant

German

Alternative forms
  • Musicant

Etymology

16th century, from Medieval Latin musicans, present participle of musicare (“to play music”), perhaps through Italian musicante. Equivalent to Musik +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muziˈkant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
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Noun

Musikant m (weak, genitive Musikanten, plural Musikanten, feminine Musikantin)

  1. musician
    • 1737, J.A. Scheibe, Der Critische Musicus. I. Theil, Hamburg, page 46f:
      Der Herr [Bach] ist endlich in [Leipzig] der Vornehmste unter den Musicanten.
      Mister Bach is the most distinguished of the musicians in Leipzig.

Usage notes
  • Musikant is mostly restricted to amateur or “lower-tier” musicians such as street musicians, performers of folk music at public festivals, and suchlike. The general word for “musician” is Musiker.

Declension
Declension of Musikant [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Musikant die Musikanten
genitive eines des Musikanten der Musikanten
dative einem dem Musikanten den Musikanten
accusative einen den Musikanten die Musikanten

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Yiddish: מוזיקאַנט (muzikant)

Further reading
  • “Musikant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Musikant” in Duden online
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