Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-meister

/ˈmaɪstɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: -meis-ter
IPA: /ˈmaɪstɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

An expert on the specified subject.

suffix

A person in charge of a specified thing.

suffix

Attached to a person's name in humorous (or ironic) approbation.

Example Sentences

"The festival is something of a muso's paradise, with the Bobmeister General (you may know him as Geldof), former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman with his band The Rhythm Kings, Bernard Butler and Bert Jansch and Dublin-based electronic knob-twiddler Autamata all turning out. — "Galway Gets Festive", The Irish Times, July 9, 2004 http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/galway-gets-festive-1.1148459"
"But 2011 hasn’t started well for the Govemeister. [Reference to Michael Gove, then UK Secretary of State for Education] — engagedlearning.co.uk, January 15, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915001618/http://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=165"

Etymology

From meister, from German Meister (“master”, “champion”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Meister

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmaɪstɚ/
British English: /ˈmaɪstə/

Questions

How do you pronounce -meister?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪstɚ/.
What does -meister mean?: An expert on the specified subject.
Where does -meister come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce -meister

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