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Dornröschenschlaf

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Etymology

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Dornröschen +‎ Schlaf (From the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, in which a princess is cursed to sleep for a hundred years.)

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Noun

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Dornröschenschlaf m (strong, genitive Dornröschenschlafs, no plural)

  1. (figuratively) A period of inactivity, especially where potentials are not being exploited.

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