German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bigot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈɡɔt/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)

  1. (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
  2. (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word

Declension

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Further reading

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  • bigott” in Duden online
  • bigott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Adjective

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bigott (not comparable)

  1. (religiously, sanctimoniously) bigoted

Usage notes

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Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.

Declension

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Inflection of bigott
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bigott
Neuter singular bigott
Plural bigotta
Masculine plural3 bigotte
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bigotte
All bigotta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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