Masculine

Pfarrer

Meaning

pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)

Synonyms

Abbate

Klostervorsteher

Seelenhirte

Seelenhirt

Seelenhirtin

Hilfspfarrer

Senner

niedere Gottheit

Pfäffin

Militärgeistliche

Klerikerin

Kirchenmitglied

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gaalach

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gussbutzer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

haimdryyber

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

heer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

koolesagg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

pfaff

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

pfaarer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

seelestenz

Fribourg

Fribourg

pfaare

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

heer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈ(p)fɑʁɐ]
Etymology

In summary

From Old High German pfarrāri, from pfarra (“parish”), probably from Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía).

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