"Handkuss" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhantkʊs/ Audio: De-Handkuss.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Hand + Kuss. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Hand|Kuss}}, {{compound|de|Hand|Kuss}} Hand + Kuss Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e}} Handkuss m (strong, genitive Handkusses, plural Handküsse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Handkusses [genitive], Handküsse [plural], strong [table-tags], Handkuss [nominative, singular], Handküsse [definite, nominative, plural], Handkusses [genitive, singular], Handküsse [definite, genitive, plural], Handkuss [dative, singular], Handkusse [dative, singular], Handküssen [dative, definite, plural], Handkuss [accusative, singular], Handküsse [accusative, definite, plural], Handkuß [alternative]
  1. hand-kiss Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: mit Handkuss

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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          "english": "“Don’t put on your glove yet, princess; let me kiss your hand. There’s nothing I’m so thankful to the revival of the old fashions for as the kissing the hand.” He kissed Betsy’s hand. “When shall we see each other?”",
          "ref": "1913 [1878], chapter 21, in Hermann Röhl, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 4:",
          "text": "»Warten Sie noch, Fürstin, ziehen Sie sich den Handschuh noch nicht an; lassen Sie mich Ihnen vorher noch die Hand küssen. Nichts hat bei dem Wiederaufkommen der alten Gebräuche so sehr meinen Beifall wie der Handkuß.« Er küßte Betsy die Hand. »Wann sehen wir uns wieder?«",
          "translation": "“Don’t put on your glove yet, princess; let me kiss your hand. There’s nothing I’m so thankful to the revival of the old fashions for as the kissing the hand.” He kissed Betsy’s hand. “When shall we see each other?”",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1913 [1878], chapter 21, in Hermann Röhl, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 4:",
          "text": "»Warten Sie noch, Fürstin, ziehen Sie sich den Handschuh noch nicht an; lassen Sie mich Ihnen vorher noch die Hand küssen. Nichts hat bei dem Wiederaufkommen der alten Gebräuche so sehr meinen Beifall wie der Handkuß.« Er küßte Betsy die Hand. »Wann sehen wir uns wieder?«",
          "translation": "“Don’t put on your glove yet, princess; let me kiss your hand. There’s nothing I’m so thankful to the revival of the old fashions for as the kissing the hand.” He kissed Betsy’s hand. “When shall we see each other?”",
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