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Potentat
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potentat
German
Etymology
de :bor la:potentātus
de la potentātus.
Pronunciation
de /potɛnˈtaːt/
de De-Potentat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.weak in
de elevated somewhat derogatory potentate
de Machthaber Herrscher
de Christoph Giesen So sehen die manischen Gelüste eines Potentaten aus Der Spiegel 2026-01-18 https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/trumps-zoll-drohung-die-manischen-gelueste-eines-potentaten-a-da8e25af-819b-4dbf-87a9-611c692f14f4 2195-1349 So sehen die manischen Gelüste eines Potentaten aus [title] https://web.archive.org/web/20260309182552/https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/trumps-zoll-drohung-die-manischen-gelueste-eines-potentaten-a-da8e25af-819b-4dbf-87a9-611c692f14f4 9 March 2026
Usage notes
See en potentate
Declension
m.weak
Further reading