Kaiserin

English

Austrian Kaiser Franz Joseph I and Kaiserin (sense 1) Elisabeth
A Kaiserin (sense 2) in the Rosarium Baden in the Doblhoffpark in Baden bei Wien

Etymology

From German Kaiserin.[1] The rose was named after Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein by the German rose breeder Peter Lambert in 1891.

Noun

Kaiserin (plural Kaiserins)

  2. (historical) The wife of a Kaiser.
    Alternative form: kaiserin
    • [1917], Herbert Warren, “‘And such a brave Zepp he was’”, in The “Land & Water” Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons, volume II, London: […] “Land & Water,” […], →OCLC, page 86:
      We should have expected the Kaiser to curse them and the weather, not to weep. Weeping? Kaisers and Kaiserins and Count Zeppelins should be made of sterner stuff.
    • 1933, Joachim von Kürenberg, translated by E[mily] O[verend] Lorimer, “A Closed Door”, in His Excellency the Spectre: The Life of Fritz von Holstein, London: Constable and Company Ltd., →OCLC, page 227:
      The Kaiserin, who rarely or never took a hand in politics, was tempted by this personal provocation, and lodged a request that [Alfred von] Kiderlen[-Waechter] “along with his mistress” might be left in Bucharest—a suitable place for him.
    • 1938, Edward J[ohn] Bing, “Nicholas on the Throne”, in The Secret Letters of the Last Tsar: Being the Confidential Correspondence between Nicholas II and His Mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Longmans, Green and Co., →OCLC, page 128:
      The Kaiser’s and Kaiserin’s journey to the Holy Land furnishes another occasion to Empress Marie to vent her feelings with regard to William II.
  4. Rosa ‘Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria’, a white hybrid tea rose cultivar.
    • 1899 March 4, “Boston”, in The American Florist, volume XIV, number 561, Chicago, Ill.: American Florist Company, →OCLC, page 908, column 2:
      W. H. Elliott tried the experiment of throwing out a bench of Kaiserins at Christmas that had been blooming all summer and substituting Brides and Bridesmaids for winter flowering and judging from present appearances it was a success.
    • 1910 July 2, Margaret Busbee Shipp, “A Woman’s Nondescript Garden”, in Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine, volume XIII, number 1, Thomson, Ga.: Jeffersonian Publishing Company, published May 1911, →OCLC, page 42:
      In May I exhibited my Paul Neyrons and Kaiserins with tremendous boastfulness, but they have long since stopped blooming, while these languid mornings find you daintily decked in pink.
    • 1950, James Alexander Gamble, “Two Remarkable White Roses”, in Roses Unlimited, [Harrisburg, Pa.]: […] [T]he author, →OCLC, pages 18–19:
      Of all white hybrid teas, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria is the best known. While the popularity of even the finest of roses is generally short lived, the wonderful Kaiserin still leads in its color class after a reign of fifty-nine years. […] The class for Kaiserins at the Potomac Rose Shows in Washington, D. C, for example, is the special favorite of thousands of flower lovers.

References

  1. ^ “Kaiserin, n.”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Kaiser (“emperor”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ̯zəʁɪn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kai‧se‧rin

Noun

Kaiserin f (genitive Kaiserin, plural Kaiserinnen)

  1. empress (wife or widow of an emperor)

Declension

Declension of Kaiserin [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kaiserin die Kaiserinnen
genitive einer der Kaiserin der Kaiserinnen
dative einer der Kaiserin den Kaiserinnen
accusative eine die Kaiserin die Kaiserinnen

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