Firlefanz
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Middle High German firlifanz, a type of dance, or related to Alfanzerei.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Firlefanz m (strong, genitive Firlefanzes, plural Firlefanze)
- (uncountable, derogatory, collective) stuff
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Zeug
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 372:
- Aber obgleich sie, eines vorangegangenen Abendessens ungeachtet, über dessen Gediegenheit kein Wort verloren zu werden braucht, frohen Zuspruch fanden, erklärte Mynheer Peeperkorn sie nach wenigen Bissen für „Firlefanz“ – und zwar mit einem Zorn, der die beängstigende Unberechenbarkeit seiner Herrschernatur bekundete.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Firlefanz [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Firlefanz | die | Firlefanze |
genitive | eines | des | Firlefanzes | der | Firlefanze |
dative | einem | dem | Firlefanz, Firlefanze1 | den | Firlefanzen |
accusative | einen | den | Firlefanz | die | Firlefanze |
1Now rare, see notes.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Firlefanz” in Duden online
- “Firlefanz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Firlefanz”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 215
- “Firlefanz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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