Herrnhuter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Herrnhuter. So called from the settlement of Herrnhut (= the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen.

Noun

Herrnhuter (plural Herrnhuters)

  1. (historical) A member of the Moravian Church.

References

German

Noun

Herrnhuter m (strong, genitive Herrnhuters, plural Herrnhuter, feminine Herrnhuterin)

  1. (Christianity) Herrnhuter (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension
Declension of Herrnhuter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Herrnhuter die Herrnhuter
genitive eines des Herrnhuters der Herrnhuter
dative einem dem Herrnhuter den Herrnhutern
accusative einen den Herrnhuter die Herrnhuter
  • herrnhutisch (= brüderisch)

See also
  • Brüdergemeinde
  • Brüdergemeine (= Herrnhuter)
  • Mennonitenbrüdergemeinde, Mennoniten-Brüdergemeinde
  • Mennoniten-Brüdergemeine (obsolete spelling)
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