Junta

See also: junta and juntá

German

Etymology

Early 19th century, from Spanish junta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʊnta/, [ˈχʊn.ta], [ˈxʊn-]
• IPA^(key): (dated) /ˈjʊnta/, (rare) /ˈhʊnta/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Junta f (genitive Junta, plural Juntas or Junten)

1. junta
   • 2025 September 2, Barbara Oertel, “Ukrainischer Historiker über Selenskyj: „Die Ukraine kauft Zeit für Europa“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:

     Herr Hrytsak, laut Kreml-Propaganda ist in Kyjiw eine faschistische Junta an der Macht, und Moskau will die Ukraine entnazifizieren.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Junta [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Junta	die	Juntas, Junten
genitive	einer	der	Junta	der	Juntas, Junten
dative	einer	der	Junta	den	Juntas, Junten
accusative	eine	die	Junta	die	Juntas, Junten

Derived terms

• Militärjunta

Further reading

• “Junta” in Duden online
• “Junta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Junta on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjʊn.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjun.ta]

Proper noun

Junta m (genitive Juntae); first declension

1. (New Latin) a surname, equivalent to English Giunta — famously held by:
   • 1791, Angelo Maria Bandini, De Florentina Juntarum typographia ejusque censoribus, main title:
   1. Lucantonius Junta Florentinus (1457–1538), founder (with his brother, Philippus Junta) of the Giunti printing family business

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Junta	Juntae
genitive	Juntae	Juntārum
dative	Juntae	Juntīs
accusative	Juntam	Juntās
ablative	Juntā	Juntīs
vocative	Junta	Juntae

Derived terms

• Juntīnus