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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Vormachtstellung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Vormachtstellung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Supremacy/suːˈprɛm.ə.si/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie kämpfen um die Vormachtstellung auf dem Markt."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status.

    "The company established its supremacy in the technology market."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'suprematia', from Latin 'supremus' meaning highest, superlative of 'super' meaning above. It entered English in the 16th century to denote the state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status, often associated historically with sovereign and religious dominance.

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