Blocksberg
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German
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Blocksberg m (proper noun, strong, genitive Blocksbergs)
- (mythology) Synonym of Brocken
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnachtstraum”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]:
- Komm, fasse meinen Zipfel! / Der Blocksberg, wie der deutsche Parnaß, / Hat gar einen breiten Gipfel.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Blocksberg [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Blocksberg” in Duden online
- “Blocksberg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache