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Dechant

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Noun

der Dechant

Pronunciation: /deˈçant/

dean (kind of church official)

The German noun Dechant means dean in English.

C2 rank #11,915 plural Dechanten

All meanings of Dechant

Noun
  1. dean (kind of church official)

Dechant in a German sentence

Der Dechant leitet mehrere Gemeinden in der Region.

The dean is in charge of several parishes in the region.

Forms of Dechant

singular der Dechant
plural die Dechanten

Dechant in the four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Dechant
Accusativeden Dechanten
Dativedem Dechanten
Genitivedes Dechanten

Plural

Nominativedie Dechanten
Accusativedie Dechanten
Dativeden Dechanten
Genitiveder Dechanten

Dechant is a weak masculine noun: every case except the nominative singular takes the same ending.