Völkerwanderung

de-noun

Völkerwanderung f (genitive Völkerwanderung, plural Völkerwanderungen)

Völkerwanderung (genitive)
Völkerwanderungen (plural)
Völkerwanderung (nominative singular)
Völkerwanderungen (definite nominative plural)
Völkerwanderung (genitive singular)
Völkerwanderungen (definite genitive plural)
Völkerwanderung (dative singular)
Völkerwanderungen (dative definite plural)
Völkerwanderung (accusative singular)
Völkerwanderungen (accusative definite plural)

Volk (“people”) + -er + Wanderung (“migration”), late 18th century.

af

Die großen Epochen in der Geschichte verknüpfen sich zu genau mit einander, als daß die eine ohne die andre erklärt werden könnte; und die Begebenheit der Kreuzzüge ist nur der Anfang zur Auflösung eines Räthsels, das dem Philosophen der Geschichte in der Völkerwanderung aufgegeben worden.

c. 1790, Friedrich Schiller, Ueber Völkerwanderung, Kreuzzüge und Mittelalter [On the Barbarian Invasions, Crusaders and Middle Ages]:

(history, with definite article) Migration Period


Napoleon

de-proper noun

Napoleon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Napoleons)

Napoleons (genitive)
Napoleon (masculine nominative singular)
Napoleon (feminine nominative singular)
Napoleons (definite nominative plural)
Napoleons (genitive masculine singular)
Napoleon (genitive masculine singular)
Napoleon (feminine genitive singular)
Napoleons (definite genitive plural)
Napoleon (dative masculine singular)
Napoleon (dative feminine singular)
Napoleons (dative definite plural)
Napoleon (accusative masculine singular)
Napoleon (accusative feminine singular)
Napoleons (accusative definite plural)


Prohibition

de-noun

Prohibition f (genitive Prohibition, plural Prohibitionen)

Prohibition (genitive)
Prohibitionen (plural)
Prohibition (nominative singular)
Prohibitionen (definite nominative plural)
Prohibition (genitive singular)
Prohibitionen (definite genitive plural)
Prohibition (dative singular)
Prohibitionen (dative definite plural)
Prohibition (accusative singular)
Prohibitionen (accusative definite plural)


Siebenmeilenstiefel

Siebenmeilenstiefel m (strong, genitive Siebenmeilenstiefels, plural Siebenmeilenstiefel)

Siebenmeilenstiefels (genitive)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (plural)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (nominative singular)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (definite nominative plural)
Siebenmeilenstiefels (genitive singular)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (definite genitive plural)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (dative singular)
Siebenmeilenstiefeln (dative definite plural)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (accusative singular)
Siebenmeilenstiefel (accusative definite plural)

From sieben (“seven”) + Meilen (“miles”) + Stiefel (“boots”). In the German-speaking countries a mile was about 7.5 km (thus roughly 5 international miles).

compound

Als sie sich ungefähr drei Fuß über dem Wasserspiegel befand, ruderte ein Boot unter dieselbe, und dann ließ sich ein Siebenmeilenstiefel, dem ein zweiter Siebenmeilenstiefel und noch zwei weitere Siebenmeilenstiefel folgten, langsam ins Boot hinab.

When she was about three feet above the water's surface, a boat rowed underneath, and then a seven-mile boot, which a second seven-mile boot and then two more seven-mile boots followed, slowly came into the boat.

(folklore, fairy tales, often in the plural) a seven-league boot (one of a pair of boots enabling the wearer to cross seven leagues at one stride)


-ide

From Latin -idēs m (patronymic suffix; plural: -idae), from Ancient Greek -ίδης m (-ídēs, patronymic suffix; plural: -ίδαι (-ídai)).

der

patronymic suffix; plural: <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">-idae</i>

patronymic suffix; plural: <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">-ίδαι</i> (-ídai)

Abbas (“Abbas”) + -ide → Abbaside (“Abbasid”)


Stufe

Stufe (genitive)
Stufen (plural)
Stufe (nominative singular)
Stufen (definite nominative plural)
Stufe (genitive singular)
Stufen (definite genitive plural)
Stufe (dative singular)
Stufen (dative definite plural)
Stufe (accusative singular)
Stufen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stuofe, from Old High German stuofa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”).
Akin to Old Saxon stōpo. Cognate with Dutch stoep. More at stoop.


Degen

de-noun

Degen m (strong, genitive Degens, plural Degen)

Degens (genitive)
Degen (plural)
Degen (nominative singular)
Degen (definite nominative plural)
Degens (genitive singular)
Degen (definite genitive plural)
Degen (dative singular)
Degen (dative definite plural)
Degen (accusative singular)
Degen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German dëgen, from Old High German degan.
Cognate with Dutch degen, English thane, Icelandic þegn, Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon). The word had become archaic by 1500, but was revived in poetic style since the later 18th century. This use may be a learned borrowing from Middle High German as there appear to be no attestations between ca. 1650 and 1750.

lbor

(archaic, poetic, history) hero, warrior, soldier


Aderlass

de-noun

Aderlass m (strong, genitive Aderlasses, plural Aderlasse)

Aderlasses (genitive)
Aderlasse (plural)
Aderlass (nominative singular)
Aderlasse (definite nominative plural)
Aderlasses (genitive singular)
Aderlasse (definite genitive plural)
Aderlass (dative singular)
Aderlasse (dative singular)
Aderlassen (dative definite plural)
Aderlass (accusative singular)
Aderlasse (accusative definite plural)
Aderlaß (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German āderlāʒ, āderlæʒe. Equivalent to Ader (“vein”) + the stem of lassen (“to let”).

(medicine, history) bloodletting (archaic treatment by removing blood)


Bronzezeit

Bronzezeit f (genitive Bronzezeit, no plural)

Bronzezeit (genitive)
Bronzezeit (nominative singular)
Bronzezeit (genitive singular)
Bronzezeit (dative singular)
Bronzezeit (accusative singular)

/ˈbʁɔŋsəˌtsaɪ̯t/

(archaeology, mythology, time) Bronze Age


Rotes Meer

de-proper noun

Rotes Meer n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite nominative das Rote Meer, definite genitive des Roten Meeres or des Roten Meers)

das Rote Meer (definite nominative)
des Roten Meeres (definite genitive)
des Roten Meers (definite genitive)
Rotes Meer (nominative strong)
Roten Meeres (genitive strong)
Roten Meers (genitive strong)
Rotem Meer (dative strong)
Rotem Meere (dative strong)
Rotes Meer (accusative strong)
Rote Meer (nominative weak)
Roten Meeres (genitive weak)
Roten Meers (genitive weak)
Roten Meer (dative weak)
Roten Meere (dative weak)
Rote Meer (accusative weak)
Rotes Meer (mixed nominative)
Roten Meeres (genitive mixed)
Roten Meers (genitive mixed)
Roten Meer (dative mixed)
Roten Meere (dative mixed)
Rotes Meer (accusative mixed)

/ˈʁoːtəs ˈmeːʁ/

[ˈʁoːtəs ˈmeːɐ̯]

die Insel im Roten Meer

(history) the world of Communism, especially from the perspective of West Berlin


Schlangengrube

de-noun

Schlangengrube f (genitive Schlangengrube, plural Schlangengruben)

Schlangengrube (genitive)
Schlangengruben (plural)
Schlangengrube (nominative singular)
Schlangengruben (definite nominative plural)
Schlangengrube (genitive singular)
Schlangengruben (definite genitive plural)
Schlangengrube (dative singular)
Schlangengruben (dative definite plural)
Schlangengrube (accusative singular)
Schlangengruben (accusative definite plural)


Romanist

Romanist m (weak, genitive Romanisten, plural Romanisten, feminine Romanistin)

Romanisten (genitive)
Romanisten (plural)
Romanistin (feminine)
Romanist (nominative singular)
Romanisten (definite nominative plural)
Romanisten (genitive singular)
Romanisten (definite genitive plural)
Romanisten (dative singular)
Romanisten (dative definite plural)
Romanisten (accusative singular)
Romanisten (accusative definite plural)

Latin rōmānus + -ist or Romane (“speaker of a Romance language”) + -ist. Sense of 'a scholar of Romance language and literature' reinforced by Germanist, Slawist, Latinist, as well as French latiniste.

affix

(art history) A painter in the 16th century Romanist school.


Vorgeschichte

de-noun

Vorgeschichte f (genitive Vorgeschichte, plural Vorgeschichten)

Vorgeschichte (genitive)
Vorgeschichten (plural)
Vorgeschichte (nominative singular)
Vorgeschichten (definite nominative plural)
Vorgeschichte (genitive singular)
Vorgeschichten (definite genitive plural)
Vorgeschichte (dative singular)
Vorgeschichten (dative definite plural)
Vorgeschichte (accusative singular)
Vorgeschichten (accusative definite plural)

/ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌʃɪçtə/

(history before written records, singular only) prehistory

(history before an event, singular only) prehistory


Spruchband

Spruchband n (strong, genitive Spruchbandes or Spruchbands, plural Spruchbänder)

Spruchbandes (genitive)
Spruchbands (genitive)
Spruchbänder (plural)
Spruchband (nominative singular)
Spruchbänder (definite nominative plural)
Spruchbandes (genitive singular)
Spruchbands (genitive singular)
Spruchbänder (definite genitive plural)
Spruchband (dative singular)
Spruchbande (dative singular)
Spruchbändern (dative definite plural)
Spruchband (accusative singular)
Spruchbänder (accusative definite plural)


Offizier

Offizier m (strong, genitive Offiziers or Offizieres, plural Offiziere, feminine Offizierin)

Offiziers (genitive)
Offizieres (genitive)
Offiziere (plural)
Offizierin (feminine)
Offizier (nominative singular)
Offiziere (definite nominative plural)
Offiziers (genitive singular)
Offizieres (genitive singular)
Offiziere (definite genitive plural)
Offizier (dative singular)
Offiziere (dative singular)
Offizieren (dative definite plural)
Offizier (accusative singular)
Offiziere (accusative definite plural)
Officier (alternative obsolete)

Czech: oficír

Borrowed from Middle French officier (from the 16th century), from Medieval Latin officiārius.

(history, especially communism, East Germany) a high-ranking official or civil servant in various government agencies


SED

de-proper noun

die SED f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der SED)

die SED (canonical feminine)
der SED (definite genitive)

(history, politics) initialism of Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (“Socialist Unity Party of Germany”, the “East German Communist Party”)


Alb

de-noun

Alb m (strong, genitive Albs or Albes, plural Albe)

Albs (genitive)
Albes (genitive)
Albe (plural)
Alb (nominative singular)
Albe (definite nominative plural)
Albs (genitive singular)
Albes (genitive singular)
Albe (definite genitive plural)
Alb (dative singular)
Albe (dative singular)
Alben (dative definite plural)
Alb (accusative singular)
Albe (accusative definite plural)
Alp (alternative)

From Middle High German alb, alp, from Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet of Elf, borrowed from English later.

(Germanic folklore) creature that sits on one's chest while one sleeps


latinisch

de-adj

latinisch (strong nominative masculine singular latinischer, not comparable)

latinischer (masculine nominative singular strong)
latinisch (masculine predicative singular)
latinisch (feminine predicative singular)
latinisch (neuter predicative singular)
latinisch (plural predicative)
latinischer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
latinische (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
latinisches (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
latinische (nominative plural strong without-article)
latinischen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
latinischer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
latinischen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
latinischer (genitive plural strong without-article)
latinischem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
latinischer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
latinischem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
latinischen (dative plural strong without-article)
latinischen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
latinische (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
latinisches (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
latinische (accusative plural strong without-article)
der latinische (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die latinische (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das latinische (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die latinischen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des latinischen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der latinischen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des latinischen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der latinischen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem latinischen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der latinischen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem latinischen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den latinischen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den latinischen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die latinische (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das latinische (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die latinischen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein latinischer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine latinische (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein latinisches (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
latinischen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine latinischen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines latinischen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer latinischen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines latinischen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
latinischen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner latinischen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem latinischen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer latinischen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem latinischen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
latinischen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen latinischen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen latinischen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine latinische (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein latinisches (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
latinischen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine latinischen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)

Learned relatinization of lateinisch, which is also (now datedly) used in these senses. By surface analysis, Latin latīnus + -isch. Compare Latiner.

surface analysis

Latin, only in the following two senses:

(history) of the Latins (Old Italic tribe)


Franke

de-noun

Franke m (weak, genitive Franken, plural Franken, feminine Fränkin or Frankin)

Franken (genitive)
Franken (plural)
Fränkin (feminine)
Frankin (feminine)
Franke (nominative singular)
Franken (definite nominative plural)
Franken (genitive singular)
Franken (definite genitive plural)
Franken (dative singular)
Franken (dative definite plural)
Franken (accusative singular)
Franken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German Franke, from Old High German Franko, from Frankish *Franko, from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

(history) Frank, Franconian (member of the Germanic tribe, male or unspecified sex)

(history) Frank (Christian European from a medieval Islamic perspective)


Schulze

Schulze m (weak, genitive Schulzen, plural Schulzen)

Schulzen (genitive)
Schulzen (plural)
Schulze (nominative singular)
Schulzen (definite nominative plural)
Schulzen (genitive singular)
Schulzen (definite genitive plural)
Schulzen (dative singular)
Schulzen (dative definite plural)
Schulzen (accusative singular)
Schulzen (accusative definite plural)
Schultheiß (alternative)
Scholt (alternative)
Scholte (alternative)
Scholten (alternative)
Scholtes (alternative)
Scholtz (alternative)
Scholtze (alternative)
Scholtzen (alternative)
Scholz (alternative)
Scholze (alternative)
Scholzen (alternative)
Schult (alternative)
Schulte (alternative)
Schulten (alternative)
Schultes (alternative)
Schultz (alternative)
Schultze (alternative)
Schultzen (alternative)
Schulz (alternative)
Schulzen (alternative)

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German sculdheizo, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō.


Vogt

Vogt m (strong, genitive Vogts or Vogtes, plural Vögte)

Vogts (genitive)
Vogtes (genitive)
Vögte (plural)
Vogt (nominative singular)
Vögte (definite nominative plural)
Vogts (genitive singular)
Vogtes (genitive singular)
Vögte (definite genitive plural)
Vogt (dative singular)
Vogte (dative singular)
Vögten (dative definite plural)
Vogt (accusative singular)
Vögte (accusative definite plural)

→ English: Vogt

Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Northern Bavaria

From Middle High German voget, from Old High German fogat, borrowed from Late Latin vocātus, from Classical Latin advocātus. Doublet of Advokat.


Girondist

Girondist m (weak, genitive Girondisten, plural Girondisten, feminine Girondistin)

Girondisten (genitive)
Girondisten (plural)
Girondistin (feminine)
Girondist (nominative singular)
Girondisten (definite nominative plural)
Girondisten (genitive singular)
Girondisten (definite genitive plural)
Girondisten (dative singular)
Girondisten (dative definite plural)
Girondisten (accusative singular)
Girondisten (accusative definite plural)

(history) Girondist (member of a radical political group during the French Revolution)


Girondistin

Girondistin f (genitive Girondistin, plural Girondistinnen, masculine Girondist)

Girondistin (genitive)
Girondistinnen (plural)
Girondist (masculine)
Girondistin (nominative singular)
Girondistinnen (definite nominative plural)
Girondistin (genitive singular)
Girondistinnen (definite genitive plural)
Girondistin (dative singular)
Girondistinnen (dative definite plural)
Girondistin (accusative singular)
Girondistinnen (accusative definite plural)

(history) female Girondist (member of a radical political group during the French Revolution)


Hochmittelalter

Hochmittelalter n (strong, genitive Hochmittelalters, no plural)

Hochmittelalters (genitive)
Hochmittelalter (nominative singular)
Hochmittelalters (genitive singular)
Hochmittelalter (dative singular)
Hochmittelalter (accusative singular)

hoch (“high”) + Mittelalter (“middle ages”)


Spätmittelalter

de-noun

Spätmittelalter n (strong, genitive Spätmittelalters, no plural)

Spätmittelalters (genitive)
Spätmittelalter (nominative singular)
Spätmittelalters (genitive singular)
Spätmittelalter (dative singular)
Spätmittelalter (accusative singular)

spät (“late”) + Mittelalter (“middle ages”)


Frühmittelalter

de-noun

Frühmittelalter n (strong, genitive Frühmittelalters, no plural)

Frühmittelalters (genitive)
Frühmittelalter (nominative singular)
Frühmittelalters (genitive singular)
Frühmittelalter (dative singular)
Frühmittelalter (accusative singular)

früh (“early”) + Mittelalter (“middle ages”)


Spätantike

de-noun

Spätantike f (genitive Spätantike, no plural)

Spätantike (genitive)
Spätantike (nominative singular)
Spätantike (genitive singular)
Spätantike (dative singular)
Spätantike (accusative singular)


Trireme

Trireme f (genitive Trireme, plural Triremen)

Trireme (genitive)
Triremen (plural)
Trireme (nominative singular)
Triremen (definite nominative plural)
Trireme (genitive singular)
Triremen (definite genitive plural)
Trireme (dative singular)
Triremen (dative definite plural)
Trireme (accusative singular)
Triremen (accusative definite plural)

(history, nautical) trireme, an ancient galley having three banks of oars


Kaiserreich

Kaiserreich n (strong, genitive Kaiserreiches or Kaiserreichs, plural Kaiserreiche)

Kaiserreiches (genitive)
Kaiserreichs (genitive)
Kaiserreiche (plural)
Kaiserreich (nominative singular)
Kaiserreiche (definite nominative plural)
Kaiserreiches (genitive singular)
Kaiserreichs (genitive singular)
Kaiserreiche (definite genitive plural)
Kaiserreich (dative singular)
Kaiserreiche (dative singular)
Kaiserreichen (dative definite plural)
Kaiserreich (accusative singular)
Kaiserreiche (accusative definite plural)

[ˈkʰaɪzɐˌʁaɪç]

From Kaiser (“emperor”) + Reich (“empire”).

(history) empire (state ruled by an emperor)


Hansestadt

Hansestadt f (genitive Hansestadt, plural Hansestädte, diminutive Hansestädtchen n)

Hansestadt (genitive)
Hansestädte (plural)
Hansestädtchen (diminutive neuter)
Hansestadt (nominative singular)
Hansestädte (definite nominative plural)
Hansestadt (genitive singular)
Hansestädte (definite genitive plural)
Hansestadt (dative singular)
Hansestädten (dative definite plural)
Hansestadt (accusative singular)
Hansestädte (accusative definite plural)


Dotcom-Blase

de-proper noun

Dotcom-Blase f (proper noun, genitive Dotcom-Blase)

Dotcom-Blase (genitive)
Dotcom-Blase (nominative singular)
Dotcom-Blase (genitive singular)
Dotcom-Blase (dative singular)
Dotcom-Blase (accusative singular)


Überrest

de-noun

Überrest m (strong, genitive Überrestes or Überrests, plural Überreste)

Überrestes (genitive)
Überrests (genitive)
Überreste (plural)
Überrest (nominative singular)
Überreste (definite nominative plural)
Überrestes (genitive singular)
Überrests (genitive singular)
Überreste (definite genitive plural)
Überrest (dative singular)
Überreste (dative singular)
Überresten (dative definite plural)
Überrest (accusative singular)
Überreste (accusative definite plural)

/ˈyːbɐˌʁɛst/

Als ‚Quellen’ bezeichnet Droysen die „schriftlichen und mündlichen Nachrichten für die Erinnerungen“, als ‚Überreste’ solche Materialien, die nicht um der Überlieferung willen in die Welt gesetzt wurden, aber von uns als Zeugnisse ihrer Zeit interpretiert werden können.

2014, Jonas Grethlein, “Das homerische Epos als Quelle, Überrest und Monument”, in Medien der Geschichte - Antikes Griechenland und Rom, →DOI:

Droysen uses the term ‘sources’ for “written and spoken messages for remembrance's sake” and ‘remains’ for materials which were not created with an intent of tradition but still can be interpreted as witnesses of their time.

(historiography) remains, leftover(s): non-traditional source (inadvertently produced source of information of historiographical interest)


Kupferzeit

Kupferzeit f (genitive Kupferzeit, no plural)

Kupferzeit (genitive)
Kupferzeit (nominative singular)
Kupferzeit (genitive singular)
Kupferzeit (dative singular)
Kupferzeit (accusative singular)


Widukind

de-proper noun

Widukind m (proper noun, strong, genitive Widukinds or (with an article) Widukind)

Widukinds (genitive)
Widukind (genitive)
Wittekind (alternative archaic)

Learned borrowing from Old Saxon Widukind.


Fundstätte

de-noun

Fundstätte f (genitive Fundstätte, plural Fundstätten)

Fundstätte (genitive)
Fundstätten (plural)
Fundstätte (nominative singular)
Fundstätten (definite nominative plural)
Fundstätte (genitive singular)
Fundstätten (definite genitive plural)
Fundstätte (dative singular)
Fundstätten (dative definite plural)
Fundstätte (accusative singular)
Fundstätten (accusative definite plural)


Palas

Palas m (strong, genitive Palas, plural Palasse)

Palas (genitive)
Palasse (plural)
Palas (nominative singular)
Palasse (definite nominative plural)
Palas (genitive singular)
Palasse (definite genitive plural)
Palas (dative singular)
Palassen (dative definite plural)
Palas (accusative singular)
Palasse (accusative definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Middle High German palas, from Old French palais, pales, from Late Latin palātium. Doublet of Pfalz, Palast, and Palais.

lbor

(architecture, history) the main building of a medieval fortified castle, containing the great hall


Gulden

de-noun

Gulden m (strong, genitive Guldens, plural Gulden)

Guldens (genitive)
Gulden (plural)
Gulden (nominative singular)
Gulden (definite nominative plural)
Guldens (genitive singular)
Gulden (definite genitive plural)
Gulden (dative singular)
Gulden (dative definite plural)
Gulden (accusative singular)
Gulden (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German guldīn, gulden (“gold coin”, literally “golden”), from such forms as gulden pfenninc (“golden penny”), but especially from the gulden florīn (“golden florin”), a gold coin from Florence, which became popular in Germanic-speaking Europe since the late Middle Ages. Gulden was the predominant High German word for “golden”, though it was later supplanted by the variant forms gülden and eventually golden. The modern use of the noun in part after Dutch gulden.

(finance, now chiefly history) guilder (currency of the Netherlands until 2001)

(history) florin; guilder (mediaeval and early modern coin)


Funkenmariechen

Funkenmariechen n (strong, genitive Funkenmariechens, plural Funkenmariechen)

Funkenmariechens (genitive)
Funkenmariechen (plural)
Funkenmariechen (nominative singular)
Funkenmariechen (definite nominative plural)
Funkenmariechens (genitive singular)
Funkenmariechen (definite genitive plural)
Funkenmariechen (dative singular)
Funkenmariechen (dative definite plural)
Funkenmariechen (accusative singular)
Funkenmariechen (accusative definite plural)
Funkemariechen (alternative)

(folklore) a particular kind of dancer in Rhenish carnival


Fundstück

Fundstück n (strong, genitive Fundstücks, plural Fundstücke)

Fundstücks (genitive)
Fundstücke (plural)
Fundstück (nominative singular)
Fundstücke (definite nominative plural)
Fundstücks (genitive singular)
Fundstücke (definite genitive plural)
Fundstück (dative singular)
Fundstücken (dative definite plural)
Fundstück (accusative singular)
Fundstücke (accusative definite plural)


Bronzefund

Bronzefund m (strong, genitive Bronzefunds or Bronzefundes, plural Bronzefunde or Bronzefünde)

Bronzefunds (genitive)
Bronzefundes (genitive)
Bronzefunde (plural)
Bronzefünde (plural)
Bronzefund (nominative singular)
Bronzefunde (definite nominative plural)
Bronzefünde (definite nominative plural)
Bronzefunds (genitive singular)
Bronzefundes (genitive singular)
Bronzefunde (definite genitive plural)
Bronzefünde (definite genitive plural)
Bronzefund (dative singular)
Bronzefunde (dative singular)
Bronzefunden (dative definite plural)
Bronzefünden (dative definite plural)
Bronzefund (accusative singular)
Bronzefunde (accusative definite plural)
Bronzefünde (accusative definite plural)

(archaeology, mostly in plural) bronze find


Seidenstraße

de-proper noun

die Seidenstraße f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Seidenstraße)

die Seidenstraße (canonical feminine)
der Seidenstraße (definite genitive)
Seidenstraße (definite nominative singular)
Seidenstraße (definite genitive singular)
Seidenstraße (dative definite singular)
Seidenstraße (accusative definite singular)
Seidenstrasse (alternative Liechtenstein Switzerland)

/ˈzaɪ̯dn̩ˌʃtʁaːsə/

From Seide (“silk”) + Straße (“street, road”). Coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen.


Krampus

de-noun

Krampus m (strong, genitive Krampusses or Krampus, plural Krampusse)

Krampusses (genitive)
Krampus (genitive)
Krampusse (plural)
Krampus (nominative singular)
Krampusse (definite nominative plural)
Krampusses (genitive singular)
Krampus (genitive singular)
Krampusse (definite genitive plural)
Krampus (dative singular)
Krampusse (dative singular)
Krampussen (dative definite plural)
Krampus (accusative singular)
Krampusse (accusative definite plural)

Possibly related to Krampen (“axe, pickaxe”).

Nikolo der leibhaftige Krampus gekommen und habe, anstatt ein Geschenk zu bringen, nur „Geld und Blut“ gefordert.

1868, Gemeinde-Zeitung: unabhängiges politisches Journal, page 10:

Saint Nicholas became the Krampus personified and, instead of bringing a gift, just demanded "gold and blood".

Dann kamen sie, der Krampus und - voran - der Nikolo.

1984, Wilhelm Pellert, Fahr wohl ins Leben, →ISBN, page 42:

Then they came, the Krampus and - before him - Saint Nicholas.

Doch Weihnachten rückte immer näher und die Krampusse zogen wütend durch die Reichenhaller Fußgängerzone.

2016, Roman Reischl, Kommissariat - Band 2: Österreichische Moritaten, →ISBN:

But Christmas was drawing ever closer and the Krampuses milled furiously around the pedestrian precinct of Bad Reichenhall.

(folklore, Bavaria, Austria) Krampus (beast in the folklore of Alpine countries)


Sezessionskrieg

de-proper noun

Sezessionskrieg m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sezessionskrieges or Sezessionskriegs)

Sezessionskrieges (genitive)
Sezessionskriegs (genitive)
Sezessionskrieg (nominative singular)
Sezessionskrieges (genitive singular)
Sezessionskriegs (genitive singular)
Sezessionskrieg (dative singular)
Sezessionskriege (dative singular)
Sezessionskrieg (accusative singular)

(military history, politics) the American Civil War


Gespan

de-noun

Gespan m (strong, genitive Gespans or Gespanes, plural Gespane)

Gespans (genitive)
Gespanes (genitive)
Gespane (plural)
Gespan (nominative singular)
Gespane (definite nominative plural)
Gespans (genitive singular)
Gespanes (genitive singular)
Gespane (definite genitive plural)
Gespan (dative singular)
Gespane (dative singular)
Gespanen (dative definite plural)
Gespan (accusative singular)
Gespane (accusative definite plural)
Gespann (alternative)

Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.


Erlkönig

Erlkönig m (strong, genitive Erlköniges or Erlkönigs, plural Erlkönige)

Erlköniges (genitive)
Erlkönigs (genitive)
Erlkönige (plural)
Erlkönig (nominative singular)
Erlkönige (definite nominative plural)
Erlköniges (genitive singular)
Erlkönigs (genitive singular)
Erlkönige (definite genitive plural)
Erlkönig (dative singular)
Erlkönige (dative singular)
Erlkönigen (dative definite plural)
Erlkönig (accusative singular)
Erlkönige (accusative definite plural)
Erlenkönig (alternative)

→ English: erlking (partial calque)

/ˈɛʁlˌkøːnɪç/

[ˈɛʁlˌkøːnɪç]

Calque of Danish ellerkonge (“king of the elves”), in which eller- was misinterpreted as German Low German Eller (“alder”), and which was thus translated into standard German as Erlkönig (Erle + König). This form was spread by Goethe’s famous poem, Erlkönig (1782). German Low German Eller is from Middle Low German elre, from Old Saxon elis.

cal

Ob ich mich wohl hinüber wagen könnte durch den Nebel? Erlkönigs Töchter tanzten hier, wie einst, da sie den hellsehenden Augen des Dichters erschienen.

1909, Lily Braun, Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist], Lehrjahre, München: Albert Langen:


Feme

Feme (genitive)
Femen (plural)
Feme (nominative singular)
Femen (definite nominative plural)
Feme (genitive singular)
Femen (definite genitive plural)
Feme (dative singular)
Femen (dative definite plural)
Feme (accusative singular)
Femen (accusative definite plural)
Fehme (alternative obsolete)
Vehme (alternative obsolete)
Veme (alternative obsolete)

From northern Middle High German veme, a borrowing from Middle Low German vēme. Cognate with Dutch veem. The further origin is unknown, though a relation with either Fehde (“feud”) or Feind (“enemy”) has been considered.

Gegenüber dem Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof befindet sich der Freistuhl, wo im Mittelalter die Feme tagte.

Across the street from Dortmund central station is the Freistuhl (thingstead), where the Vehmic court used to sit during the Middle Ages.

(history) Vehmic court (medieval, chiefly Westphalian, special court for capital crimes presided by a local noble or freeman appointed by the king)

Wegen seiner Beteiligung an einer Feme in Parchim saß Rudolf Höß vier Jahre im Zuchthaus.

Rudolf Höss spent four years in jail for his involvement in a right-wing murder plot at Parchim.

(history, by new narrowing) such tribunals among right-wing organisations of the Weimar era


leibeigen

de-adj

leibeigen (strong nominative masculine singular leibeigener, not comparable)

leibeigener (masculine nominative singular strong)
leibeigen (masculine predicative singular)
leibeigen (feminine predicative singular)
leibeigen (neuter predicative singular)
leibeigen (plural predicative)
leibeigener (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
leibeigene (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
leibeigenes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
leibeigene (nominative plural strong without-article)
leibeigenen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
leibeigener (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
leibeigenen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
leibeigener (genitive plural strong without-article)
leibeigenem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
leibeigener (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
leibeigenem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
leibeigenen (dative plural strong without-article)
leibeigenen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
leibeigene (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
leibeigenes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
leibeigene (accusative plural strong without-article)
der leibeigene (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die leibeigene (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das leibeigene (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die leibeigenen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des leibeigenen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der leibeigenen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des leibeigenen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der leibeigenen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem leibeigenen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der leibeigenen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem leibeigenen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den leibeigenen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den leibeigenen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die leibeigene (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das leibeigene (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die leibeigenen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein leibeigener (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine leibeigene (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein leibeigenes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
leibeigenen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine leibeigenen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines leibeigenen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer leibeigenen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines leibeigenen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leibeigenen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner leibeigenen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem leibeigenen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer leibeigenen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem leibeigenen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leibeigenen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen leibeigenen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen leibeigenen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine leibeigene (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein leibeigenes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
leibeigenen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine leibeigenen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)

/ˈlaɪ̯pˌaɪ̯ɡən/

[ˈlaɪ̯pˌʔaɪ̯.ɡən]

From Middle High German līpeigen. Equivalent to Leib (“body”) + eigen (“own, owned”).

(history, especially European Middle Ages) in serfdom (of a peasant: bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)


Stele

Stele (genitive)
Stelen (plural)
Stele (nominative singular)
Stelen (definite nominative plural)
Stele (genitive singular)
Stelen (definite genitive plural)
Stele (dative singular)
Stelen (dative definite plural)
Stele (accusative singular)
Stelen (accusative definite plural)

Ca. 1800, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock, pillar, column”).


Templerorden

de-proper noun

Templerorden m (proper noun, strong, genitive Templerordens)

Templerordens (genitive)
Templerorden (nominative singular)
Templerordens (genitive singular)
Templerorden (dative singular)
Templerorden (accusative singular)


Templer

de-noun

Templer m (strong, genitive Templers, plural Templer)

Templers (genitive)
Templer (plural)
Templer (nominative singular)
Templer (definite nominative plural)
Templers (genitive singular)
Templer (definite genitive plural)
Templer (dative singular)
Templern (dative definite plural)
Templer (accusative singular)
Templer (accusative definite plural)


Wochenschau

Wochenschau f (genitive Wochenschau, plural Wochenschauen)

Wochenschau (genitive)
Wochenschauen (plural)
Wochenschau (nominative singular)
Wochenschauen (definite nominative plural)
Wochenschau (genitive singular)
Wochenschauen (definite genitive plural)
Wochenschau (dative singular)
Wochenschauen (dative definite plural)
Wochenschau (accusative singular)
Wochenschauen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈvɔxənˌʃaʊ̯/

(history) weekly newsreel shown at cinemas


ostfränkisch

de-adj

ostfränkisch (strong nominative masculine singular ostfränkischer, not comparable)

ostfränkischer (masculine nominative singular strong)
ostfränkisch (masculine predicative singular)
ostfränkisch (feminine predicative singular)
ostfränkisch (neuter predicative singular)
ostfränkisch (plural predicative)
ostfränkischer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
ostfränkische (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
ostfränkisches (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
ostfränkische (nominative plural strong without-article)
ostfränkischen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
ostfränkischer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
ostfränkischen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
ostfränkischer (genitive plural strong without-article)
ostfränkischem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
ostfränkischer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
ostfränkischem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
ostfränkischen (dative plural strong without-article)
ostfränkischen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
ostfränkische (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
ostfränkisches (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
ostfränkische (accusative plural strong without-article)
der ostfränkische (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die ostfränkische (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das ostfränkische (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die ostfränkischen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des ostfränkischen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der ostfränkischen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des ostfränkischen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der ostfränkischen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem ostfränkischen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der ostfränkischen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem ostfränkischen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den ostfränkischen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den ostfränkischen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die ostfränkische (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das ostfränkische (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die ostfränkischen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein ostfränkischer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine ostfränkische (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein ostfränkisches (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
ostfränkischen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine ostfränkischen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines ostfränkischen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer ostfränkischen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines ostfränkischen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
ostfränkischen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner ostfränkischen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem ostfränkischen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer ostfränkischen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem ostfränkischen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
ostfränkischen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen ostfränkischen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen ostfränkischen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine ostfränkische (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein ostfränkisches (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
ostfränkischen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine ostfränkischen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)

/ˈɔstˌfʁɛŋkɪʃ/

Analysable as Ost + fränkisch, in historical context also as Ostfranke + -isch, and in linguistic context as back-formation of Ostfränkisch (if that was created first as Ost + Fränkisch).


Grubenhaus

de-noun

Grubenhaus n (strong, genitive Grubenhauses, plural Grubenhäuser)

Grubenhauses (genitive)
Grubenhäuser (plural)
Grubenhaus (nominative singular)
Grubenhäuser (definite nominative plural)
Grubenhauses (genitive singular)
Grubenhäuser (definite genitive plural)
Grubenhaus (dative singular)
Grubenhause (dative singular)
Grubenhäusern (dative definite plural)
Grubenhaus (accusative singular)
Grubenhäuser (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡʁuːbn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/

From Grube (“pit”) + -n- + Haus (“house”).


Wichtel

Wichtel m (strong, genitive Wichtels, plural Wichtel)

Wichtels (genitive)
Wichtel (plural)
Wichtel (nominative singular)
Wichtel (definite nominative plural)
Wichtels (genitive singular)
Wichtel (definite genitive plural)
Wichtel (dative singular)
Wichteln (dative definite plural)
Wichtel (accusative singular)
Wichtel (accusative definite plural)

Wicht (“little creature, kobold”) + -el (“diminutive suffix”)

suffix

(folklore, fantasy) A gnome, dwarf (small industrious creature, often looking like an old man)


Bergfrau

de-noun

Bergfrau f (genitive Bergfrau, plural Bergfrauen, diminutive Bergfräulein n or Bergfrauchen n)

Bergfrau (genitive)
Bergfrauen (plural)
Bergfräulein (diminutive neuter)
Bergfrauchen (diminutive neuter)
Bergfrau (nominative singular)
Bergfrauen (definite nominative plural)
Bergfrau (genitive singular)
Bergfrauen (definite genitive plural)
Bergfrau (dative singular)
Bergfrauen (dative definite plural)
Bergfrau (accusative singular)
Bergfrauen (accusative definite plural)

(mythology, folklore) mythological wild woman who lives in the mountains


Historismus

Historismus m (strong, genitive Historismus, plural Historismen)

Historismus (genitive)
Historismen (plural)
Historismus (nominative singular)
Historismen (definite nominative plural)
Historismus (genitive singular)
Historismen (definite genitive plural)
Historismus (dative singular)
Historismen (dative definite plural)
Historismus (accusative singular)
Historismen (accusative definite plural)

→ English: historicism (calque), → historism

Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829).


Judenfrage

Judenfrage f (genitive Judenfrage, plural Judenfragen)

Judenfrage (genitive)
Judenfragen (plural)
Judenfrage (nominative singular)
Judenfragen (definite nominative plural)
Judenfrage (genitive singular)
Judenfragen (definite genitive plural)
Judenfrage (dative singular)
Judenfragen (dative definite plural)
Judenfrage (accusative singular)
Judenfragen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈjuːdənˌfʁaːɡə/

From Jude (“Jew”) + -n- + Frage (“question”).

Ich will mich ganz kurz fassen, es ist die Judenfrage. Ich bin waschechter Arier, habe auch nat.soz. gewählt, aber mit der Lösung der Judenfrage kann ich mich (in Übereinstimmung mit den meisten meiner Landsleute) nicht einverstanden erklären. Das Volk kennt eigentlich keine Judenfrage, sondern nur die Behörden, die sie allerdings leider in das Volk tragen.

1933 May 3, A. Müller, “Ein Bonner Bürger protestiert bei Göring am 3. Mai 1933 gegen die Verfolgung der deutschen Juden”, in Die Quellen sprechen, volume 1, published 2013:

I want to be very brief, it is about the Jewish Question. I am a dyed-in-the-wool Aryan and I have voted National Socialist, but (in conformity with most of my fellow countrymen) I cannot agree to the solution of the Jewish Question. The people really do not know of a Jewish Question, but only the authorities, who unfortunately, however, pass it on to the people.

(uncountable, history, otherwise offensive) Jewish Question (debate over the appropriate status and treatment of Jews in Europe)


Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter m (strong, definite nominative der Schwarze Peter, genitive (des) Schwarzen Peters, plural Schwarze Peter, definite plural die Schwarzen Peter)

der Schwarze Peter (definite nominative)
Schwarzen Peters (genitive)
Schwarze Peter (plural)
die Schwarzen Peter (definite plural)
Schwarzer Peter (nominative singular strong)
Schwarze Peter (nominative plural strong)
Schwarzen Peters (genitive singular strong)
Schwarzer Peter (genitive plural strong)
Schwarzem Peter (dative singular strong)
Schwarzen Petern (dative plural strong)
Schwarzen Peter (accusative singular strong)
Schwarze Peter (accusative plural strong)
Schwarze Peter (nominative singular weak)
Schwarzen Peter (nominative plural weak)
Schwarzen Peters (genitive singular weak)
Schwarzen Peter (genitive plural weak)
Schwarzen Peter (dative singular weak)
Schwarzen Petern (dative plural weak)
Schwarzen Peter (accusative singular weak)
Schwarzen Peter (accusative plural weak)
Schwarzer Peter (mixed nominative singular)
Schwarzen Peter (mixed nominative plural)
Schwarzen Peters (genitive mixed singular)
Schwarzen Peter (genitive mixed plural)
Schwarzen Peter (dative mixed singular)
Schwarzen Petern (dative mixed plural)
Schwarzen Peter (accusative mixed singular)
Schwarzen Peter (accusative mixed plural)

The card game is probably named after Johann Peter Petri (1752–1812), nickname “Schwarzpeter”.


Leibeigener

de-noun

Leibeigener m (adjectival, definite nominative der Leibeigene, genitive (des) Leibeigenen, plural Leibeigene, definite plural die Leibeigenen, feminine Leibeigene)

der Leibeigene (definite nominative)
Leibeigenen (genitive)
Leibeigene (plural)
die Leibeigenen (definite plural)
Leibeigene (feminine)
Leibeigener (nominative singular strong)
Leibeigene (nominative plural strong)
Leibeigenen (genitive singular strong)
Leibeigener (genitive plural strong)
Leibeigenem (dative singular strong)
Leibeigenen (dative plural strong)
Leibeigenen (accusative singular strong)
Leibeigene (accusative plural strong)
Leibeigene (nominative singular weak)
Leibeigenen (nominative plural weak)
Leibeigenen (genitive singular weak)
Leibeigenen (genitive plural weak)
Leibeigenen (dative singular weak)
Leibeigenen (dative plural weak)
Leibeigenen (accusative singular weak)
Leibeigenen (accusative plural weak)
Leibeigener (mixed nominative singular)
Leibeigenen (mixed nominative plural)
Leibeigenen (genitive mixed singular)
Leibeigenen (genitive mixed plural)
Leibeigenen (dative mixed singular)
Leibeigenen (dative mixed plural)
Leibeigenen (accusative mixed singular)
Leibeigenen (accusative mixed plural)

/ˈlaɪ̯pˌaɪ̯ɡənər/

[ˈlaɪ̯pˌʔaɪ̯.ɡə.nɐ]

[ˈlaɪ̯pˌʔaɪ̯.ɡŋ̍.nɐ]

Substantivization of leibeigen (literally “body-owned”).

(history, especially European Middle Ages) serf (peasant bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)


Altweibermühle

Altweibermühle f (genitive Altweibermühle, plural Altweibermühlen)

Altweibermühle (genitive)
Altweibermühlen (plural)
Altweibermühle (nominative singular)
Altweibermühlen (definite nominative plural)
Altweibermühle (genitive singular)
Altweibermühlen (definite genitive plural)
Altweibermühle (dative singular)
Altweibermühlen (dative definite plural)
Altweibermühle (accusative singular)
Altweibermühlen (accusative definite plural)

From alt + Weib + -er (pluralizing suffix) + Mühle.

compound

(folklore) a mill where old women magically become young again


Korporal

de-noun

Korporal m (strong, genitive Korporals, plural Korporale or Korporäle)

Korporals (genitive)
Korporale (plural)
Korporäle (plural)
Korporal (nominative singular)
Korporale (definite nominative plural)
Korporäle (definite nominative plural)
Korporals (genitive singular)
Korporale (definite genitive plural)
Korporäle (definite genitive plural)
Korporal (dative singular)
Korporalen (dative definite plural)
Korporälen (dative definite plural)
Korporal (accusative singular)
Korporale (accusative definite plural)
Korporäle (accusative definite plural)

17th century, borrowed from French corporal, an alteration (after corps) of Middle French caporal, from Italian caporale.

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer

(Switzerland, history, or non-German armies) corporal, lower non-commissioned officer (in today’s Switzerland equivalent to OR-4)


Amphiktyonie

Amphiktyonie f (genitive Amphiktyonie, plural Amphiktyonien)

Amphiktyonie (genitive)
Amphiktyonien (plural)
Amphiktyonie (nominative singular)
Amphiktyonien (definite nominative plural)
Amphiktyonie (genitive singular)
Amphiktyonien (definite genitive plural)
Amphiktyonie (dative singular)
Amphiktyonien (dative definite plural)
Amphiktyonie (accusative singular)
Amphiktyonien (accusative definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμφικτυονία (amphiktuonía).

lbor

(history) amphictyony (a religious foundation or co-operative shared between ancient Greek city states)


Mentalitätsgeschichte

de-noun

Mentalitätsgeschichte f (genitive Mentalitätsgeschichte, plural Mentalitätsgeschichten)

Mentalitätsgeschichte (genitive)
Mentalitätsgeschichten (plural)
Mentalitätsgeschichte (nominative singular)
Mentalitätsgeschichten (definite nominative plural)
Mentalitätsgeschichte (genitive singular)
Mentalitätsgeschichten (definite genitive plural)
Mentalitätsgeschichte (dative singular)
Mentalitätsgeschichten (dative definite plural)
Mentalitätsgeschichte (accusative singular)
Mentalitätsgeschichten (accusative definite plural)

Mentalität (“mentality”) + -s- + Geschichte (“history”).


mentalitätsgeschichtlich

de-adj

mentalitätsgeschichtlich (strong nominative masculine singular mentalitätsgeschichtlicher, not comparable)

mentalitätsgeschichtlicher (masculine nominative singular strong)
mentalitätsgeschichtlich (masculine predicative singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlich (feminine predicative singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlich (neuter predicative singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlich (plural predicative)
mentalitätsgeschichtlicher (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtliche (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtliches (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtliche (nominative plural strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlicher (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlicher (genitive plural strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlicher (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative plural strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtliche (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtliches (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
mentalitätsgeschichtliche (accusative plural strong without-article)
der mentalitätsgeschichtliche (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die mentalitätsgeschichtliche (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das mentalitätsgeschichtliche (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die mentalitätsgeschichtliche (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das mentalitätsgeschichtliche (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein mentalitätsgeschichtlicher (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine mentalitätsgeschichtliche (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein mentalitätsgeschichtliches (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine mentalitätsgeschichtliche (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein mentalitätsgeschichtliches (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine mentalitätsgeschichtlichen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)

From Mentalitätsgeschichte (“history of mentalities”) + -lich.

suffix

(historiography, relational) of the history of mentalities


Magnat

de-noun

Magnat m (weak, genitive Magnaten, plural Magnaten, feminine Magnatin)

Magnaten (genitive)
Magnaten (plural)
Magnatin (feminine)
Magnat (nominative singular)
Magnaten (definite nominative plural)
Magnaten (genitive singular)
Magnaten (definite genitive plural)
Magnaten (dative singular)
Magnaten (dative definite plural)
Magnaten (accusative singular)
Magnaten (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin magnātus, derived from magnus (“great”). The historic senses are influenced by Polish magnat, Hungarian mágnás, both from the same Latin word.

a member of the House of Magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

a member of the magnate (aristocratic nobility) social class of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth


Entstalinisierung

Entstalinisierung f (genitive Entstalinisierung, plural Entstalinisierungen)

Entstalinisierung (genitive)
Entstalinisierungen (plural)
Entstalinisierung (nominative singular)
Entstalinisierungen (definite nominative plural)
Entstalinisierung (genitive singular)
Entstalinisierungen (definite genitive plural)
Entstalinisierung (dative singular)
Entstalinisierungen (dative definite plural)
Entstalinisierung (accusative singular)
Entstalinisierungen (accusative definite plural)

From entstalinisieren + -ung. Further equivalent to ent- + Stalin + -isierung.


Altaraufsatz

Altaraufsatz m (strong, genitive Altaraufsatzes, plural Altaraufsätze)

Altaraufsatzes (genitive)
Altaraufsätze (plural)
Altaraufsatz (nominative singular)
Altaraufsätze (definite nominative plural)
Altaraufsatzes (genitive singular)
Altaraufsätze (definite genitive plural)
Altaraufsatz (dative singular)
Altaraufsatze (dative singular)
Altaraufsätzen (dative definite plural)
Altaraufsatz (accusative singular)
Altaraufsätze (accusative definite plural)

From Altar (“altar”) + Aufsatz (“add-on, attachment”).


Schrat

de-noun

Schrat m (strong, genitive Schrates or Schrats, plural Schrate, diminutive Schrätchen n)

Schrates (genitive)
Schrats (genitive)
Schrate (plural)
Schrätchen (diminutive neuter)
Schrat (nominative singular)
Schrate (definite nominative plural)
Schrates (genitive singular)
Schrats (genitive singular)
Schrate (definite genitive plural)
Schrat (dative singular)
Schrate (dative singular)
Schraten (dative definite plural)
Schrat (accusative singular)
Schrate (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German schrat, from Old High German scrato, from Proto-Germanic *skrattuz.

inh+

Ihm verwandt ist der Schrat, (ahd. Scrat) ein wilder, zottiger, rauher Waldgeist dem römischen Faun und Silvanus, dem griechischen Satyr vergleichbar. Er kommt nur männlich vor und einzeln lebend, wodurch er sich von den besonders im Südosten Deutschlands bekannten Waldleuten, Holzleutchen oder Moosleutchen unterscheidet, die wohl auch mitunter einzeln erscheinen, jedoch meist als ein zusammen hausendes zwergartiges Völkchen.

1852, Johann Wilhelm Wolf, “Einzelne elbische Wesen”, in Die deutsche Götterlehre […] , page 59:

Related to him is the bugbear (OHG. Scrat), a wild, shaggy, rough forest spirit comparable to the Roman faun and Silvanus or the Greek satyr. He only appears as a male living alone, which differentiates him from the forest folk especially well-known in southeastern Germany, the Wood People or Moss People, who also occasionally appear singly, however mostly as a dwarfish people dwelling together.

(folklore) bugbear, leshy (male woodland spirit)


Skarabäus

de-noun

Skarabäus m (strong, genitive Skarabäus, plural Skarabäen)

Skarabäus (genitive)
Skarabäen (plural)
Skarabäus (nominative singular)
Skarabäen (definite nominative plural)
Skarabäus (genitive singular)
Skarabäen (definite genitive plural)
Skarabäus (dative singular)
Skarabäen (dative definite plural)
Skarabäus (accusative singular)
Skarabäen (accusative definite plural)


Pommer

Pommer m (weak, genitive Pommern, plural Pommern, feminine Pommerin)

Pommern (genitive)
Pommern (plural)
Pommerin (feminine)
Pommer (nominative singular)
Pommern (definite nominative plural)
Pommern (genitive singular)
Pommern (definite genitive plural)
Pommern (dative singular)
Pommern (dative definite plural)
Pommern (accusative singular)
Pommern (accusative definite plural)

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pomořane (“coast-dwellers”), the singular being a backformation from the plural. See Pommern for more.

(history) alternative form of Pomorane (“member of a Slavic tribe”)


Warschauer Pakt

de-proper noun

der Warschauer Pakt m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Warschauer Paktes or des Warschauer Pakts)

der Warschauer Pakt (canonical masculine)
des Warschauer Paktes (definite genitive)
des Warschauer Pakts (definite genitive)


Wolfsschanze

die Wolfsschanze f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Wolfsschanze)

die Wolfsschanze (canonical feminine)
der Wolfsschanze (definite genitive)
Wolfschanze (alternative)

From Wolf (“wolf”) + -s- + Schanze (“entrenchment, fortress”). The usual English translation Wolf's Lair is slightly imprecise.

com

(history) Wolf's Lair (Hitler's WWII headquarters in East Prussia)


Waldschrat

de-noun

Waldschrat m (strong, genitive Waldschrates or Waldschrats, plural Waldschrate)

Waldschrates (genitive)
Waldschrats (genitive)
Waldschrate (plural)
Waldschrat (nominative singular)
Waldschrate (definite nominative plural)
Waldschrates (genitive singular)
Waldschrats (genitive singular)
Waldschrate (definite genitive plural)
Waldschrat (dative singular)
Waldschrate (dative singular)
Waldschraten (dative definite plural)
Waldschrat (accusative singular)
Waldschrate (accusative definite plural)


Zauberwald

Zauberwald m (strong, genitive Zauberwaldes or Zauberwalds, plural Zauberwälder)

Zauberwaldes (genitive)
Zauberwalds (genitive)
Zauberwälder (plural)
Zauberwald (nominative singular)
Zauberwälder (definite nominative plural)
Zauberwaldes (genitive singular)
Zauberwalds (genitive singular)
Zauberwälder (definite genitive plural)
Zauberwald (dative singular)
Zauberwalde (dative singular)
Zauberwäldern (dative definite plural)
Zauberwald (accusative singular)
Zauberwälder (accusative definite plural)


Ammonshorn

Ammonshorn n (strong, genitive Ammonshornes or Ammonshorns, plural Ammonshörner)

Ammonshornes (genitive)
Ammonshorns (genitive)
Ammonshörner (plural)
Ammonshorn (nominative singular)
Ammonshörner (definite nominative plural)
Ammonshornes (genitive singular)
Ammonshorns (genitive singular)
Ammonshörner (definite genitive plural)
Ammonshorn (dative singular)
Ammonshorne (dative singular)
Ammonshörnern (dative definite plural)
Ammonshorn (accusative singular)
Ammonshörner (accusative definite plural)

Calque of Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”), Ammon + -s- + Horn.

cal

(paleontology) synonym of Ammonit (“ammonite”)


Ammonit

de-noun

Ammonit m (weak, genitive Ammoniten, plural Ammoniten)

Ammoniten (genitive)
Ammoniten (plural)
Ammonit (nominative singular)
Ammoniten (definite nominative plural)
Ammoniten (genitive singular)
Ammoniten (definite genitive plural)
Ammoniten (dative singular)
Ammoniten (dative definite plural)
Ammoniten (accusative singular)
Ammoniten (accusative definite plural)


Schimmelreiter

Schimmelreiter m (strong, genitive Schimmelreiters, plural Schimmelreiter, feminine Schimmelreiterin)

Schimmelreiters (genitive)
Schimmelreiter (plural)
Schimmelreiterin (feminine)
Schimmelreiter (nominative singular)
Schimmelreiter (definite nominative plural)
Schimmelreiters (genitive singular)
Schimmelreiter (definite genitive plural)
Schimmelreiter (dative singular)
Schimmelreitern (dative definite plural)
Schimmelreiter (accusative singular)
Schimmelreiter (accusative definite plural)


Leibeigenschaft

Leibeigenschaft f (genitive Leibeigenschaft, no plural)

Leibeigenschaft (genitive)
Leibeigenschaft (nominative singular)
Leibeigenschaft (genitive singular)
Leibeigenschaft (dative singular)
Leibeigenschaft (accusative singular)

(history, especially European Middle Ages) serfdom (a peasant's being bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)


Inwohner

Inwohner m (strong, genitive Inwohners, plural Inwohner, feminine Inwohnerin)

Inwohners (genitive)
Inwohner (plural)
Inwohnerin (feminine)
Inwohner (nominative singular)
Inwohner (definite nominative plural)
Inwohners (genitive singular)
Inwohner (definite genitive plural)
Inwohner (dative singular)
Inwohnern (dative definite plural)
Inwohner (accusative singular)
Inwohner (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German inwoner, innewoner. Equivalent to in- + wohnen + -er. See Einwohner for more.

Chiefly archaic form of Einwohner, now used specifically for

(history) inhabitant of a city without the full rights of a citizen


Weltkriegsgefreiter

de-proper noun

Weltkriegsgefreiter m (proper noun, adjectival, usually definite, definite nominative der Weltkriegsgefreite, definite genitive des Weltkriegsgefreiten)

der Weltkriegsgefreite (definite nominative)
des Weltkriegsgefreiten (definite genitive)

From Weltkrieg + -s- + Gefreiter. Specific use of Adolf Hitler already appeared during the period of his political campaigning, contrasting his low military rank with his claim to Führership. This use was often pejorative (a famous instance being in a White Rose leaflet), though the Nazis occasionally adopted it in the context of their fight against traditional social barriers.


Erbvogt

de-noun

Erbvogt m (strong, genitive Erbvogts or Erbvogtes, plural Erbvögte)

Erbvogts (genitive)
Erbvogtes (genitive)
Erbvögte (plural)
Erbvogt (nominative singular)
Erbvögte (definite nominative plural)
Erbvogts (genitive singular)
Erbvogtes (genitive singular)
Erbvögte (definite genitive plural)
Erbvogt (dative singular)
Erbvogte (dative singular)
Erbvögten (dative definite plural)
Erbvogt (accusative singular)
Erbvögte (accusative definite plural)

From late Old High German, but equivalent to erben + Vogt.


Glockenbecher

Glockenbecher m (strong, genitive Glockenbechers, plural Glockenbecher)

Glockenbechers (genitive)
Glockenbecher (plural)
Glockenbecher (nominative singular)
Glockenbecher (definite nominative plural)
Glockenbechers (genitive singular)
Glockenbecher (definite genitive plural)
Glockenbecher (dative singular)
Glockenbechern (dative definite plural)
Glockenbecher (accusative singular)
Glockenbecher (accusative definite plural)

[ˈɡlɔkŋ̩ˌbɛçɐ]

/ˈɡlɔkənˌbɛçɐ/

From Glocke (“bell”) + -n- + Becher (“beaker”).

af

(archaeology) bell beaker, campaniform vessel


Hallstattzeit

de-noun

Hallstattzeit f (genitive Hallstattzeit, no plural)

Hallstattzeit (genitive)
Hallstattzeit (nominative singular)
Hallstattzeit (genitive singular)
Hallstattzeit (dative singular)
Hallstattzeit (accusative singular)

(archaeology) Hallstatt period, Hallstatt culture


Latènezeit

Latènezeit f (genitive Latènezeit, no plural)

Latènezeit (genitive)
Latènezeit (nominative singular)
Latènezeit (genitive singular)
Latènezeit (dative singular)
Latènezeit (accusative singular)
La-Tène-Zeit (alternative)

(archaeology) La Tène period, La Tène culture


Strohbär

Strohbär m (weak, genitive Strohbären, plural Strohbären)

Strohbären (genitive)
Strohbären (plural)
Strohbär (nominative singular)
Strohbären (definite nominative plural)
Strohbären (genitive singular)
Strohbären (definite genitive plural)
Strohbären (dative singular)
Strohbären (dative definite plural)
Strohbären (accusative singular)
Strohbären (accusative definite plural)

(folklore) A traditional character in regional German carnival processions and other seasonal celebrations.


Hadamar

de-proper noun

Hadamar n (proper noun, genitive Hadamars or (optionally with an article) Hadamar)

Hadamars (genitive)
Hadamar (genitive with-article)

(history) a local hospital complex where thousands of people (especially mentally disabled) were “euthanized” during the Third Reich


Ostfront

die Ostfront f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ostfront)

die Ostfront (canonical feminine)
der Ostfront (definite genitive)

(history, idiomatic) the German eastern front in either of both World Wars (fighting mainly against Russia / the Soviet Union)


Nationalbolschewismus

de-noun

Nationalbolschewismus m (strong, genitive Nationalbolschewismus, no plural)

National Socialism
National Socialism#English

(history, Weimar Germany) National Bolshevism (nationalist ideology that was close to National Socialism, but emphasized anti-capitalism and anti-westernism over anti-communism and racism)


Neue Welt

Neue Welt f (definite nominative die Neue Welt, genitive Neuer Welt, definite genitive der Neuen Welt, no plural)

die Neue Welt (definite nominative)
Neuer Welt (genitive)
der Neuen Welt (definite genitive)
Neue Welt (nominative strong)
Neuer Welt (genitive strong)
Neuer Welt (dative strong)
Neue Welt (accusative strong)
Neue Welt (nominative weak)
Neuen Welt (genitive weak)
Neuen Welt (dative weak)
Neue Welt (accusative weak)
Neue Welt (mixed nominative)
Neuen Welt (genitive mixed)
Neuen Welt (dative mixed)
Neue Welt (accusative mixed)

[ˈnɔɪ̯ə vɛlt]

(history, geography) the New World (America, in a broader sense also including Oceania.)


Alte Welt

Alte Welt f (definite nominative die Alte Welt, genitive Alter Welt, definite genitive der Alten Welt, no plural)

die Alte Welt (definite nominative)
Alter Welt (genitive)
der Alten Welt (definite genitive)
Alte Welt (nominative strong)
Alter Welt (genitive strong)
Alter Welt (dative strong)
Alte Welt (accusative strong)
Alte Welt (nominative weak)
Alten Welt (genitive weak)
Alten Welt (dative weak)
Alte Welt (accusative weak)
Alte Welt (mixed nominative)
Alten Welt (genitive mixed)
Alten Welt (dative mixed)
Alte Welt (accusative mixed)

(history, geography) the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia.)


Pomorane

Pomorane m (weak, genitive Pomoranen, plural Pomoranen, feminine Pomoranin)

Pomoranen (genitive)
Pomoranen (plural)
Pomoranin (feminine)
Pomorane (nominative singular)
Pomoranen (definite nominative plural)
Pomoranen (genitive singular)
Pomoranen (definite genitive plural)
Pomoranen (dative singular)
Pomoranen (dative definite plural)
Pomoranen (accusative singular)
Pomoranen (accusative definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin Pomoranus, from Proto-Slavic *pomořane (“coast-dwellers”). Doublet of Pommer. See Pommern for more.

(history) a member of the Pomeranian Slavic tribe


Klippschule

Klippschule f (genitive Klippschule, plural Klippschulen)

Klippschule (genitive)
Klippschulen (plural)
Klippschule (nominative singular)
Klippschulen (definite nominative plural)
Klippschule (genitive singular)
Klippschulen (definite genitive plural)
Klippschule (dative singular)
Klippschulen (dative definite plural)
Klippschule (accusative singular)
Klippschulen (accusative definite plural)

17th century, from Middle Low German klipschôle (16th c.), probably from klippe (“clog, wooden shoe”) + schôle (“school”). By surface analysis, klipp (“click, clap”, interjection) + Schule. The original meaning may have been simply “village school, working-class school” (where the children wore clogs), but already the earliest attestation has the modern, restricted sense.

surface analysis

(chiefly history) an unofficial school operated privately to teach (poor) children elementary skills


Schwerterträger

de-noun

Schwerterträger m (strong, genitive Schwerterträgers, plural Schwerterträger)

Schwerterträgers (genitive)
Schwerterträger (plural)
Schwerterträger (nominative singular)
Schwerterträger (definite nominative plural)
Schwerterträgers (genitive singular)
Schwerterträger (definite genitive plural)
Schwerterträger (dative singular)
Schwerterträgern (dative definite plural)
Schwerterträger (accusative singular)
Schwerterträger (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʃʋeːɐ̯.tɐˌtʁɛː.ɡɐ]

[ˈʃʋɛɐ̯.tɐ-]

From Schwerter (“swords”, plural) + Träger (“bearer”).

com

(military history, World War II) a recipient of the Knight's Cross with oak leaves and swords (equivalent to three awarded Knight's Crosses)


Lenné-Dreieck

de-proper noun

Lenné-Dreieck n (proper noun, genitive Lenné-Dreiecks or (optionally with an article) Lenné-Dreieck)

Lenné-Dreiecks (genitive)
Lenné-Dreieck (genitive with-article)
Lenné-Dreieck (definite nominative singular)
Lenné-Dreiecks (definite genitive singular)
Lenné-Dreieck (definite genitive singular with-article)
Lenné-Dreieck (dative definite singular)
Lenné-Dreieck (accusative definite singular)

desc

→ English: Lenné Triangle (partial calque)

треуго́льник Ленне́

→ Russian: треуго́льник Ленне́ (treugólʹnik Lenné) (partial calque)

Named for Prussian gardener and landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné the Younger (1789–1866).

German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic#English

(history) Lenné Triangle (the gore delineated by the Bellevue-, Ebert-, and Lennéstraßen which, between 1961 and 1988, was part of the German Democratic Republic de jure, but was separated from it by the Berlin Wall, which ran along the Ebertstraße)


Reichsheini

de-proper noun

der Reichsheini m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Reichsheinis or des Reichsheini)

der Reichsheini (canonical masculine)
des Reichsheinis (definite genitive)
des Reichsheini (definite genitive)

/ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌhaɪ̯ni/

From Reich + -s- + Heini (“Harry, Hank”, also “git, twerp”). Himmler was unpopular, even among many Nazis, because of his schoolmasterish and puritanical manners.

com

(history, humorous, derogatory) nickname of Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS


Aufhocker

de-noun

Aufhocker n (strong, genitive Aufhockers, plural Aufhocker)

Aufhockers (genitive)
Aufhocker (plural)
Aufhocker (nominative singular)
Aufhocker (definite nominative plural)
Aufhockers (genitive singular)
Aufhocker (definite genitive plural)
Aufhocker (dative singular)
Aufhockern (dative definite plural)
Aufhocker (accusative singular)
Aufhocker (accusative definite plural)

From aufhocken + -er, literally “jump-on [the back]”.

af

Ein Aufhocker ist ein unsichtbarer Kobold, der üblicherweise nächtlichen Wanderern auf die Schulter springt.

2017, Mariana Leky, Was man von hier aus sehen kann, Dumont, →ISBN:

(folklore) a shapeshifter in German folklore, attacking lone travelers at night


Leuge

Leuge (genitive)
Leugen (plural)
Leuge (nominative singular)
Leugen (definite nominative plural)
Leuge (genitive singular)
Leugen (definite genitive plural)
Leuge (dative singular)
Leugen (dative definite plural)
Leuge (accusative singular)
Leugen (accusative definite plural)

(history) league (historic unit of measurement, especially the Roman league)


Kreisgraben

de-noun

Kreisgraben m (strong, genitive Kreisgrabens, plural Kreisgräben)

Kreisgrabens (genitive)
Kreisgräben (plural)
Kreisgraben (nominative singular)
Kreisgräben (definite nominative plural)
Kreisgrabens (genitive singular)
Kreisgräben (definite genitive plural)
Kreisgraben (dative singular)
Kreisgräben (dative definite plural)
Kreisgraben (accusative singular)
Kreisgräben (accusative definite plural)

[ˈkʁaɪ̯sɡʁaːbn̩]


Wallburg

Wallburg f (genitive Wallburg, plural Wallburgen)

Wallburg (genitive)
Wallburgen (plural)
Wallburg (nominative singular)
Wallburgen (definite nominative plural)
Wallburg (genitive singular)
Wallburgen (definite genitive plural)
Wallburg (dative singular)
Wallburgen (dative definite plural)
Wallburg (accusative singular)
Wallburgen (accusative definite plural)

From Wall (“rampart, embankment”) + Burg (“castle, fortification”)


Ringwall

de-noun

Ringwall m (strong, genitive Ringwalles or Ringwalls, plural Ringwälle)

Ringwalles (genitive)
Ringwalls (genitive)
Ringwälle (plural)
Ringwall (nominative singular)
Ringwälle (definite nominative plural)
Ringwalles (genitive singular)
Ringwalls (genitive singular)
Ringwälle (definite genitive plural)
Ringwall (dative singular)
Ringwalle (dative singular)
Ringwällen (dative definite plural)
Ringwall (accusative singular)
Ringwälle (accusative definite plural)

From Ring (“ring, circle”) + Wall (“wall”)

(history, archaeology) circular rampart.


Kreisgrabenanlage

Kreisgrabenanlage f (genitive Kreisgrabenanlage, plural Kreisgrabenanlagen)

Kreisgrabenanlage (genitive)
Kreisgrabenanlagen (plural)
Kreisgrabenanlage (nominative singular)
Kreisgrabenanlagen (definite nominative plural)
Kreisgrabenanlage (genitive singular)
Kreisgrabenanlagen (definite genitive plural)
Kreisgrabenanlage (dative singular)
Kreisgrabenanlagen (dative definite plural)
Kreisgrabenanlage (accusative singular)
Kreisgrabenanlagen (accusative definite plural)

[ˈkʁaɪ̯sɡʁaːbn̩ˌanlaːɡə]

From Kreisgraben (“ring ditch”) + Anlage (“facility, installation; complex”).

compound

(archaeology) circular ditched enclosure


Märchenwald

de-noun

Märchenwald m (strong, genitive Märchenwaldes or Märchenwalds, plural Märchenwälder, diminutive Märchenwäldchen n)

Märchenwaldes (genitive)
Märchenwalds (genitive)
Märchenwälder (plural)
Märchenwäldchen (diminutive neuter)
Märchenwald (nominative singular)
Märchenwälder (definite nominative plural)
Märchenwaldes (genitive singular)
Märchenwalds (genitive singular)
Märchenwälder (definite genitive plural)
Märchenwald (dative singular)
Märchenwalde (dative singular)
Märchenwäldern (dative definite plural)
Märchenwald (accusative singular)
Märchenwälder (accusative definite plural)

From Märchen (“fairy tale, folk tale”) + Wald (“forest”).

affix

(folklore, literature) fairy forest, fairytale forest


Messinium

de-noun

Messinium n (strong, genitive Messiniums, no plural)

Messiniums (genitive)
Messinium (nominative singular)
Messiniums (genitive singular)
Messinium (dative singular)
Messinium (accusative singular)

From Messina + -ium.
This scientific term was introduced by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1857 when he published his paper Versuch einer neuen Klassifikation der Tertiär-Gebilde Europas (An Attempt at a New Classification of the Tertiary Formations of Europe).

(geology, paleontology) Messinian (The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.)


Verteidigungswall

Verteidigungswall m (strong, genitive Verteidigungswalles or Verteidigungswalls, plural Verteidigungswälle)

Verteidigungswalles (genitive)
Verteidigungswalls (genitive)
Verteidigungswälle (plural)
Verteidigungswall (nominative singular)
Verteidigungswälle (definite nominative plural)
Verteidigungswalles (genitive singular)
Verteidigungswalls (genitive singular)
Verteidigungswälle (definite genitive plural)
Verteidigungswall (dative singular)
Verteidigungswalle (dative singular)
Verteidigungswällen (dative definite plural)
Verteidigungswall (accusative singular)
Verteidigungswälle (accusative definite plural)

[fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋsˌval]

From Verteidigung (“defence”) + -s- + Wall (“wall”)

compound

(history, military) rampart, defensive wall, defensive earthwork


Hofschule

de-noun

Hofschule f (genitive Hofschule, plural Hofschulen)

Hofschule (genitive)
Hofschulen (plural)
Hofschule (nominative singular)
Hofschulen (definite nominative plural)
Hofschule (genitive singular)
Hofschulen (definite genitive plural)
Hofschule (dative singular)
Hofschulen (dative definite plural)
Hofschule (accusative singular)
Hofschulen (accusative definite plural)


Vergobret

Vergobret m (strong, genitive Vergobrets, plural Vergobrete)

Vergobrets (genitive)
Vergobrete (plural)
Vergobret (nominative singular)
Vergobrete (definite nominative plural)
Vergobrets (genitive singular)
Vergobrete (definite genitive plural)
Vergobret (dative singular)
Vergobreten (dative definite plural)
Vergobret (accusative singular)
Vergobrete (accusative definite plural)

Der derzeitige Vergobret, Convechtollydd, allerdings hätte sich offen gegen Rom erklärt und rufe zum Aufstand

2005, Bernhard von Muecklich, Die letzten Tage der Kelten Roman, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 311:


Mitteldeutschland

de-proper noun

Mitteldeutschland n (proper noun, genitive Mitteldeutschlands or (optionally with an article) Mitteldeutschland)

Mitteldeutschlands (genitive)
Mitteldeutschland (genitive with-article)

From mittel- (“mid”) + Deutschland (“Germany”).

com

(history, politics) the central parts of Germany from west to east, (especially 1945-90) the GDR seen as the middle part of Germany in its pre-WWII borders


KPD

de-proper noun

die KPD f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der KPD)

die KPD (canonical feminine)
der KPD (definite genitive)

(history, politics) initialism of Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (“Communist Party of Germany”)

SED

successor in East Germany since 1946 after forced union with SPD

DKP

successor in West Germany since 1968 after ban of 1956


Wittekind

Wittekind m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wittekinds or (with an article) Wittekind)

Wittekinds (genitive)
Wittekind (genitive)

From Middle High German Witekint, from Old High German *Witukint. Compare Old Saxon Widukind.

(history) archaic form of Widukind (“Saxon chieftain”)


Apograph

de-noun

Apograph n (strong, genitive Apographs, plural Apographe)

Apographs (genitive)
Apographe (plural)
Apograph (nominative singular)
Apographe (definite nominative plural)
Apographs (genitive singular)
Apographe (definite genitive plural)
Apograph (dative singular)
Apographen (dative definite plural)
Apograph (accusative singular)
Apographe (accusative definite plural)
Apograf (alternative)

From Ancient Greek ἀπόγραφον (apógraphon).

(history, literature) apograph (a copy or transcript of a manuscript)


Apograf

Apograf n (strong, genitive Apografs, plural Apografe)

Apografs (genitive)
Apografe (plural)
Apograf (nominative singular)
Apografe (definite nominative plural)
Apografs (genitive singular)
Apografe (definite genitive plural)
Apograf (dative singular)
Apografen (dative definite plural)
Apograf (accusative singular)
Apografe (accusative definite plural)
Apograph (alternative)

From Apograph, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγραφον (apógraphon).


Waisenvogt

Waisenvogt m (strong, genitive Waisenvogts or Waisenvogtes, plural Waisenvögte)

Waisenvogts (genitive)
Waisenvogtes (genitive)
Waisenvögte (plural)
Waisenvogt (nominative singular)
Waisenvögte (definite nominative plural)
Waisenvogts (genitive singular)
Waisenvogtes (genitive singular)
Waisenvögte (definite genitive plural)
Waisenvogt (dative singular)
Waisenvogte (dative singular)
Waisenvögten (dative definite plural)
Waisenvogt (accusative singular)
Waisenvögte (accusative definite plural)

Compound of Waise (orphan) and Vogt (steward)

Der Waisenvoigt war für die Verwaltung der Güter der Waisen zuständig. Er war der Obrigkeit gegenüber rechenschaftspflichtig und legte deshalb jährlich oder zumindest zum Ende seines Mandats eine Waisenrechnung ab.

The steward was responsible for the administration of the orphans' estates. He was accountable to the authorities and therefore submitted an accounting yearly or at a minimum at the end of his mandate.