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legitim

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See also: legítim

English

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Noun

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legitim (plural legitims)

  1. (law) Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children.

Usage notes

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Where there is the law of legitim, and in the case where the testator has children, it is not lawful for a testator with issue to designate his spouse as sole heir while ignoring his children.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin legitimus.

Adjective

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legitim (neuter legitimt, plural and definite singular attributive legitime)

  1. legitimate

Inflection

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Inflection of legitim
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular legitim mere legitim mest legitim2
indefinite neuter singular legitimt mere legitim mest legitim2
plural legitime mere legitim mest legitim2
definite attributive1 legitime mere legitim mest legitime

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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German

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Etymology

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18th century, from Latin lēgitimus in legal parlance. The form (especially the final stress) is probably influenced by French légitime.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leɡiˈtiːm/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

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legitim (strong nominative masculine singular legitimer, comparative legitimer, superlative am legitimsten)

  1. legitimate, justified by law, morals or custom
    Synonyms: berechtigt, gerechtfertigt, rechtmäßig
    Antonyms: illegitim, unberechtigt, ungerechtfertigt, unrechtmäßig
  2. (of a child or sexual partner) legitimate, i.e. marital
    Synonym: ehelich
    Antonyms: illegitim, unehelich, außerehelich

Declension

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Positive forms of legitim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist legitim sie ist legitim es ist legitim sie sind legitim
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative legitimer legitime legitimes legitime
genitive legitimen legitimer legitimen legitimer
dative legitimem legitimer legitimem legitimen
accusative legitimen legitime legitimes legitime
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der legitime die legitime das legitime die legitimen
genitive des legitimen der legitimen des legitimen der legitimen
dative dem legitimen der legitimen dem legitimen den legitimen
accusative den legitimen die legitime das legitime die legitimen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein legitimer eine legitime ein legitimes (keine) legitimen
genitive eines legitimen einer legitimen eines legitimen (keiner) legitimen
dative einem legitimen einer legitimen einem legitimen (keinen) legitimen
accusative einen legitimen eine legitime ein legitimes (keine) legitimen
Comparative forms of legitim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist legitimer sie ist legitimer es ist legitimer sie sind legitimer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative legitimerer legitimere legitimeres legitimere
genitive legitimeren legitimerer legitimeren legitimerer
dative legitimerem legitimerer legitimerem legitimeren
accusative legitimeren legitimere legitimeres legitimere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der legitimere die legitimere das legitimere die legitimeren
genitive des legitimeren der legitimeren des legitimeren der legitimeren
dative dem legitimeren der legitimeren dem legitimeren den legitimeren
accusative den legitimeren die legitimere das legitimere die legitimeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein legitimerer eine legitimere ein legitimeres (keine) legitimeren
genitive eines legitimeren einer legitimeren eines legitimeren (keiner) legitimeren
dative einem legitimeren einer legitimeren einem legitimeren (keinen) legitimeren
accusative einen legitimeren eine legitimere ein legitimeres (keine) legitimeren
Superlative forms of legitim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am legitimsten sie ist am legitimsten es ist am legitimsten sie sind am legitimsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative legitimster legitimste legitimstes legitimste
genitive legitimsten legitimster legitimsten legitimster
dative legitimstem legitimster legitimstem legitimsten
accusative legitimsten legitimste legitimstes legitimste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der legitimste die legitimste das legitimste die legitimsten
genitive des legitimsten der legitimsten des legitimsten der legitimsten
dative dem legitimsten der legitimsten dem legitimsten den legitimsten
accusative den legitimsten die legitimste das legitimste die legitimsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein legitimster eine legitimste ein legitimstes (keine) legitimsten
genitive eines legitimsten einer legitimsten eines legitimsten (keiner) legitimsten
dative einem legitimsten einer legitimsten einem legitimsten (keinen) legitimsten
accusative einen legitimsten eine legitimste ein legitimstes (keine) legitimsten

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Hebrew: לגיטימי (legitími)

Further reading

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  • “legitim” in Duden online
  • “legitim”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German legitim, from Latin lēgitimus.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡitim]
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Hyphenation: le‧gi‧tim
  • Syllabification: le‧gi‧tim

Adjective

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legitim (comparative legitimebb, superlative leglegitimebb)

  1. (higher register) legitimate (in accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements)
    Synonyms: törvényszerű, jogszerű, törvényes, jogos

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative legitim legitimek
accusative legitimet legitimeket
dative legitimnek legitimeknek
instrumental legitimmel legitimekkel
causal-final legitimért legitimekért
translative legitimmé legitimekké
terminative legitimig legitimekig
essive-formal legitimként legitimekként
essive-modal — —
inessive legitimben legitimekben
superessive legitimen legitimeken
adessive legitimnél legitimeknél
illative legitimbe legitimekbe
sublative legitimre legitimekre
allative legitimhez legitimekhez
elative legitimből legitimekből
delative legitimről legitimekről
ablative legitimtől legitimektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		legitimé legitimeké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		legitiméi legitimekéi

References

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  1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • legitim in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ladin

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Adjective

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legitim m (feminine singular legitima, masculine plural legitims, feminine plural legitimes)

  1. legitimate, legal, rightful

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin legitimus.

Adjective

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legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)

  1. legitimate
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin legitimus.

Adjective

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legitim (neuter singular legitimt, definite singular and plural legitime)

  1. legitimate
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French légitime, from Latin legitimus.

Adjective

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legitim m or n (feminine singular legitimă, masculine plural legitimi, feminine/neuter plural legitime)

  1. legitimate

Declension

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Declension of legitim
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite legitim legitimă legitimi legitime
definite legitimul legitima legitimii legitimele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite legitim legitime legitimi legitime
definite legitimului legitimei legitimilor legitimelor
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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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legitim

  1. legitimate

Declension

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Inflection of legitim
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular legitim — —
neuter singular legitimt — —
plural legitima — —
masculine plural2 legitime — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 legitime — —
all legitima — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms

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References

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