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Geheimrat
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de Geheimrath obsolete
Etymology
de :af geheim<t:secret> Rat<t:councillor>
de geheim Rat secret councillor
Pronunciation
de /ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌʁaːt/
de De-Geheimrat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s,^e ^in
de chiefly historical privy councillor title of the highest officials of a German royal or principal court, and also of very eminent professors in some German universities
de Geh.-Rat Geh. Rat geheimer Rat Geheimer
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Derived terms
de Geheimratsecken
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