Eremit

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “person of the desert”) from ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”), from ἔρημος (érēmos) or ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -ίτης (-ítēs, “one connected to, a member of”).

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Noun

Eremit m (weak, genitive Eremiten, plural Eremiten)

hermit
Synonym: Einsiedler

Antonym: Zönobit

Declension

Declension of Eremit [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eremit	die	Eremiten
genitive	eines	des	Eremiten	der	Eremiten
dative	einem	dem	Eremiten	den	Eremiten
accusative	einen	den	Eremiten	die	Eremiten

Derived terms

Eremitage
eremitisch
Eremitentum

Further reading

“Eremit” in Duden online
“Eremit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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