keisar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse keisari, from Middle Low German, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²çɛɪːsar/

Noun

keisar m (definite singular keisaren, indefinite plural keisarar, definite plural keisarane)

1. emperor

Related terms

• keisarinne

See also

• keiser (Bokmål)

Further reading

• “keisar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• keisur
• keisor

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Noun

keisar m

1. emperor

Declension

Declension of keisar (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	keisar	keisarā, keisara
accusative	keisar	keisarā, keisara
genitive	keisares	keisaro
dative	keisare	keisarum
instrumental	keisaru	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: keiser
  • German: Kaiser, Kayser, Käiser, Käyser, Keiser, Keyser (obsolete)
    • → Russian: ка́йзер (kájzer, kájzɛr)
    • → Upper Sorbian: kejžor
  • Luxembourgish: Keeser
  • Yiddish: קייסער (keyser)
• → Middle English: kayser, caisare, caiser, caisoure, cayser, caysere, kaiser, kaisere, keiser
  • ⇒ English: Kaiser, kaiser
    • → Scots: Kaiser

See Further

• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “keisar”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “keisur”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig