Junker

See also: junker

English

Noun

Junker (plural Junkers)

1. Alternative spelling of junker.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German juncherre (“young lord, not yet knighted nobleman”); a reduced form of a compound of the equivalents of jung (“young”) and Herr (“lord”). Compare similarly constructed and reduced Jungfer. Cognate of Dutch jonkheer, jonker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊŋkɐ/
• Hyphenation: Jun‧ker

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Junker m (strong, genitive Junkers, plural Junker)

1. junker

Declension

Declension of Junker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Junker	die	Junker
genitive	eines	des	Junkers	der	Junker
dative	einem	dem	Junker	den	Junkern
accusative	einen	den	Junker	die	Junker

Descendants

• → English: junker

Further reading

• “Junker” in Duden online