Papst

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) pope (head of the Roman Catholic Church; title of other religious leaders such as the Coptic Pope)
2. (in-compounds, masculine, strong) luminary, expert, pundit (someone who is very knowledgeable and influential in a certain field; male or unspecified sex)

Concepts

pope

Pope

pontiff

pontifex

Supreme Pontiff

Theodore

Synonyms

Pontifex

Pontifex Maximus

Papa

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Bischof von Rom

Kirchenfürst

Nachfolger Petri

Kirchenoberhaupt

Gottes Stellvertreter

Stellvertreter Christi auf Erden

Stellvertreter Gottes

Eure Heiligkeit

Brei

Päpstin

Essen

Hohepriester

Kartoffel

🥔

Seine Heiligkeit

Patriarch von Alexandria

Heiliger Vater

Translations

papa

paus

pape

papa

papa

Papa

papa

papa

πάπας

papa

pater

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pontefice

παπάς

بابا

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

boopscht

Basel-Landschaft

phaapscht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paːpst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: pābest

Inherited from Old High German: bābes

In summary

From Middle High German pābest, bābest, from earlier bābes, from Old High German bābes, from Old French pape, from Latin pāpa, pappa (“father”, originally). Doublet of Pfaffe. Forms in B- remained predominant during the 15th and 16th centuries before they were gradually displaced by the more Latin-like forms in P-. The contemporary standard spelling was conclusively established by Adelung.