Slawist

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since the first half of 19th century. slawisch +‎ -ist or Slawen (“speaker of Slavic language”) +‎ -ist, modelled on earlier Romanist.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slaˈvɪst/, [slaˈvɪst]
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Noun

Slawist m (weak, genitive Slawisten, plural Slawisten, feminine Slawistin)

  1. (humanities) Someone who specialises in Slavic studies, Slavistics. [first half of 19th c.]

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

Hyponyms
  • Belorussist
  • Bohemist
  • Bulgarist
  • Kaschubist
  • Kroatist
  • Mazedonist
  • Ostslawist
  • Polonist
  • Pomorist
  • Russist
  • Serbist
  • Serbokroatist
  • Slowakist
  • Slowenist
  • Sorabist
  • Südslawist
  • Ukrainist
  • Westslawist

Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Slawist”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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