Dekan

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) dean (senior official at a university; male or unspecified gender)
  2. (alt-of, alternative, masculine, strong) alternative form of Dechant (“dean”, church official)

Concepts

university president

Synonyms

Dekanin

Abteilungsleiterin

Schulrat

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈkaːn/
Etymology

15th century, from Medieval Latin decānus. Doublet of Dechant.

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