meister

See also: Meister and -meister

English

Etymology

From German Meister (“master", "champion”)

Noun

meister (plural meisters)

A person of great skill or authority in a particular field
- 2009, January 20, “Natalie Angier”, in In ‘Geek Chic’ and Obama, New Hope for Lifting Women in Science‎:
  The designated leaders so far include superstars like Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate, and Eric Lander, genome meister.

Anagrams

metiers, métiers, reemits, retimes, tremies

German

Adjective

meister

inflected form of viel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛistɛr/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

meister m (definite singular meisteren, indefinite plural meistrar, definite plural meistrane)

master (person of authority)
champion (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Derived terms

meistra/meistre
verdsmeister
meisterskap

See also

mester (Bokmål)

References

“meister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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