"Moritat" meaning in German

See Moritat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Moritat.ogg
Etymology: Probably a corruption of Mordtat, Mord + Tat. Etymology templates: {{corruption|de|Mordtat}} corruption of Mordtat, {{af|de|Mord|Tat|nocat=1}} Mord + Tat Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Moritat f (genitive Moritat, plural Moritaten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Moritat [genitive], Moritaten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Moritat [nominative, singular], Moritaten [definite, nominative, plural], Moritat [genitive, singular], Moritaten [definite, genitive, plural], Moritat [dative, singular], Moritaten [dative, definite, plural], Moritat [accusative, singular], Moritaten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (dated, music) murder ballad Tags: dated, feminine
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