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Valet

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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French valet.

Pronunciation

Noun

Valet m (strong, genitive Valets, plural Valets)

  1. valet (personal attendant)
  2. (card games) jack
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin valēte (farewell).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaˈlɛt/, /vaˈleːt/
  • Audio; /-lɛt/:(file)
  • Audio; /-leːt/:(file)

Noun

Valet n (strong, genitive Valets, plural Valets)

  1. (dated, higher register) farewell
    Synonym: Lebewohl
    zu einer Sache Valet sagen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1964, 1:49, in Hannah Arendt im Gespräch mit Günter Gaus (Zur Person), spoken by Hannah Arendt:
      Meine Meinung ist, dass ich keine Philosophin bin. Ich habe meiner Meinung nach der Philosophie doch endgültig Valet gesagt.
      In my opinion I'm not a philosopher, I've bid a definite farewell to philosophy.
Declension

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