Protest

See also: protest

German

Etymology

From Italian protesto. Originally used in a merchant context, such as in refusing a bill of exchange. The modern usage was influenced by protestieren.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʁoˈtɛst]
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Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

Protest m (strong, genitive Protestes or Protests, plural Proteste)

protest

Declension

Declension of Protest [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Protest	die	Proteste
genitive	eines	des	Protestes, Protests	der	Proteste
dative	einem	dem	Protest, Proteste¹	den	Protesten
accusative	einen	den	Protest	die	Proteste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

protestieren

Further reading

“Protest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Protest” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Protest” in Duden online
Protest on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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