Magnat

See also: magnat, magnát, and magnât

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin magnātus, derived from magnus (“great”). The historic senses are influenced by Polish magnat, Hungarian mágnás, both from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡnaːt/, [maˈɡnaːt], (seldom also) [maŋˈnaːt-], [mak-], [maχ-]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Magnat m (weak, genitive Magnaten, plural Magnaten, feminine Magnatin)

1. (finance) magnate
   1. a powerful industrialist, tycoon
   2. (by extension) a very rich person, a moneybag
2. (history) high-ranking nobleman
   1. a member of the House of Magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary
   2. a member of the magnate (aristocratic nobility) social class of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Declension

Declension of Magnat [masculine, weak]

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