Hohepriester

Etymology
From and.

Noun
or (proscribed)


 * 1) high priest

Usage notes

 * The irregular declension of Hohepriester is proscribed nowadays. When the first part Hoh- is inflected too, it shall be spelled . In the 20th century before 1996, the irregular declension was still mentioned in dictionaries by Duden, e.g. in the 18th edition of Duden: Die Rechtschreibung from 1980 it is "Ho|he|l ie d das: Hohenlied[e]s; im Hohenlied[e]; in Salomo[n]s Hohemlied[e]; ein Hohe[s]lied der Kameradschaft" and "Ho|he|pr ie |ster der: Hohenpriesters, Hohenpriester; ein Hoherpriester, zwei Hohepriester".

Declension

 * regular declension


 * irregular declension (proscribed)