bigott
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈɡɔt/
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Adjective
bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)
- (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
- (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word
Declension
Positive forms of bigott
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist bigott | sie ist bigott | es ist bigott | sie sind bigott | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | bigotter | bigotte | bigottes | bigotte |
| genitive | bigotten | bigotter | bigotten | bigotter | |
| dative | bigottem | bigotter | bigottem | bigotten | |
| accusative | bigotten | bigotte | bigottes | bigotte | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der bigotte | die bigotte | das bigotte | die bigotten |
| genitive | des bigotten | der bigotten | des bigotten | der bigotten | |
| dative | dem bigotten | der bigotten | dem bigotten | den bigotten | |
| accusative | den bigotten | die bigotte | das bigotte | die bigotten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein bigotter | eine bigotte | ein bigottes | (keine) bigotten |
| genitive | eines bigotten | einer bigotten | eines bigotten | (keiner) bigotten | |
| dative | einem bigotten | einer bigotten | einem bigotten | (keinen) bigotten | |
| accusative | einen bigotten | eine bigotte | ein bigottes | (keine) bigotten | |
Comparative forms of bigott
Superlative forms of bigott
Related terms
Swedish
Usage notes
Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.
Declension
| Inflection of bigott | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bigott | — | — |
| Neuter singular | bigott | — | — |
| Plural | bigotta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | bigotte | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bigotte | — | — |
| All | bigotta | — | — |
| 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 | |||
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