legitim

See also: legítim

English

Noun

legitim (plural legitims)

  1. (law) Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children.

Usage notes

Where there is the law of legitim, and in the case where the testator has children, it is not lawful for a testator with issue to designate his spouse as sole heir while ignoring his children.

German

Etymology

18th century, from Latin lēgitimus in legal parlance. The form (especially the final stress) is probably influenced by French légitime.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leɡiˈtiːm/
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Adjective

legitim (strong nominative masculine singular legitimer, comparative legitimer, superlative am legitimsten)

  1. legitimate, justified by law, morals or custom
    Synonyms: berechtigt, gerechtfertigt, rechtmäßig
    Antonyms: illegitim, unberechtigt, ungerechtfertigt, unrechtmäßig
  2. (of a child or sexual partner) legitimate, i.e. marital
    Synonym: ehelich
    Antonyms: illegitim, unehelich, außerehelich

Declension
Positive forms of legitim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist legitim sie ist legitim es ist legitim sie sind legitim
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative legitimer legitime legitimes legitime
genitive legitimen legitimer legitimen legitimer
dative legitimem legitimer legitimem legitimen
accusative legitimen legitime legitimes legitime
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der legitime die legitime das legitime die legitimen
genitive des legitimen der legitimen des legitimen der legitimen
dative dem legitimen der legitimen dem legitimen den legitimen
accusative den legitimen die legitime das legitime die legitimen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein legitimer eine legitime ein legitimes (keine) legitimen
genitive eines legitimen einer legitimen eines legitimen (keiner) legitimen
dative einem legitimen einer legitimen einem legitimen (keinen) legitimen
accusative einen legitimen eine legitime ein legitimes (keine) legitimen
Comparative forms of legitim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist legitimer sie ist legitimer es ist legitimer sie sind legitimer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative legitimerer legitimere legitimeres legitimere
genitive legitimeren legitimerer legitimeren legitimerer
dative legitimerem legitimerer legitimerem legitimeren
accusative legitimeren legitimere legitimeres legitimere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der legitimere die legitimere das legitimere die legitimeren
genitive des legitimeren der legitimeren des legitimeren der legitimeren
dative dem legitimeren der legitimeren dem legitimeren den legitimeren
accusative den legitimeren die legitimere das legitimere die legitimeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein legitimerer eine legitimere ein legitimeres (keine) legitimeren
genitive eines legitimeren einer legitimeren eines legitimeren (keiner) legitimeren
dative einem legitimeren einer legitimeren einem legitimeren (keinen) legitimeren
accusative einen legitimeren eine legitimere ein legitimeres (keine) legitimeren
Superlative forms of legitim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am legitimsten sie ist am legitimsten es ist am legitimsten sie sind am legitimsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative legitimster legitimste legitimstes legitimste
genitive legitimsten legitimster legitimsten legitimster
dative legitimstem legitimster legitimstem legitimsten
accusative legitimsten legitimste legitimstes legitimste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der legitimste die legitimste das legitimste die legitimsten
genitive des legitimsten der legitimsten des legitimsten der legitimsten
dative dem legitimsten der legitimsten dem legitimsten den legitimsten
accusative den legitimsten die legitimste das legitimste die legitimsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein legitimster eine legitimste ein legitimstes (keine) legitimsten
genitive eines legitimsten einer legitimsten eines legitimsten (keiner) legitimsten
dative einem legitimsten einer legitimsten einem legitimsten (keinen) legitimsten
accusative einen legitimsten eine legitimste ein legitimstes (keine) legitimsten

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Hebrew: לגיטימי (legitími)

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

Ladin

Adjective

legitim m (feminine singular legitima, masculine plural legitims, feminine plural legitimes)

  1. legitimate, legal, rightful

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin legitimus.

Adjective

legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)

  1. legitimate

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin legitimus.

Adjective

legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)

  1. legitimate

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French légitime, from Latin legitimus.

Adjective

legitim m or n (feminine singular legitimă, masculine plural legitimi, feminine and neuter plural legitime)

  1. legitimate

Declension
Declension of legitim
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite legitim legitimă legitimi legitime
definite legitimul legitima legitimii legitimele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite legitim legitime legitimi legitime
definite legitimului legitimei legitimilor legitimelor

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛɡɪˈtiːm/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

legitim

  1. legitimate

Declension
Inflection of legitim
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular legitim — —
Neuter singular legitimt — —
Plural legitima — —
Masculine plural3 legitime — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 legitime — —
All legitima — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

See also

References
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