"Fasching" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈfaʃɪŋ/ Audio: De-Fasching.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German vaschanc, vaschang, from a conflation of unattested Old High German *vastganc (“exuberant goings-on at a carnival”) (exact cognate of Old English fastgang (“fasting; Shrove Tuesday”)) and *vastschanc (“serving of the fasting drink, esp. before the start of Lent”) (from a component *vast related to Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“to observe, fast, abstain”) + Schank (“a giving”)), + a suffix -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|vaschanc}} Middle High German vaschanc, {{der|de|goh||*vastganc|t=exuberant goings-on at a carnival}} Old High German *vastganc (“exuberant goings-on at a carnival”), {{cog|ang|fastgang|t=fasting; Shrove Tuesday}} Old English fastgang (“fasting; Shrove Tuesday”), {{cog|gem-pro|*fastāną|t=to observe, fast, abstain}} Proto-Germanic *fastāną (“to observe, fast, abstain”), {{af|de|-ing}} -ing Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s,s:e}} Fasching m (strong, genitive Faschings, plural Faschings or Faschinge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s,s:e}} Forms: Faschings [genitive], Faschings [plural], Faschinge [plural], strong [table-tags], Fasching [nominative, singular], Faschings [definite, nominative, plural], Faschinge [definite, nominative, plural], Faschings [genitive, singular], Faschings [definite, genitive, plural], Faschinge [definite, genitive, plural], Fasching [dative, singular], Faschings [dative, definite, plural], Faschingen [dative, definite, plural], Fasching [accusative, singular], Faschings [accusative, definite, plural], Faschinge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. The week before Mardi Gras, carnival. Wikipedia link: Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist), de:Karneval, Fastnacht und Fasching Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Fastnacht, Karneval Derived forms: Altweiberfasching (english: Fat Thursday), Weiberfasching

Inflected forms

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