bigott

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈɡɔt/
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Adjective

bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)

  1. (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
  2. (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word

Declension

Further reading

  • bigott” in Duden online
  • bigott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Adjective

bigott (not comparable)

  1. (religiously, sanctimoniously) bigoted

Usage notes

Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.

Declension

Inflection of bigott
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bigott
neuter singular bigott
plural bigotta
masculine plural2 bigotte
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bigotte
all bigotta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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