🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Eidesstattlicher Erklärender

Pronunciation / Transliteration: AY-des-shtat-li-kher er-klai-ren-der

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Affiant/əˈfaɪ.ənt/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Eidesstattliche Erklärende bestätigte die Richtigkeit der Angaben."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A person who swears to the truth of a statement contained in an affidavit.

    "The affiant signed the document in the presence of a licensed notary public."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin verb 'affidare', meaning 'to pledge' or 'to state with an oath' (from ad- 'to' + fidere 'to trust'). Entering Anglo-Norman legal terminology, the suffix '-ant' was added to denote the person performing the action of swearing an oath.

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