Gediegenheit
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gedigenheit, from Old High German gidiganheit. Equivalent to gediegen + -heit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gediegenheit f (genitive Gediegenheit, no plural)
- tastefulness, luxury
- 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 Gediegenheit [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Gediegenheit” in Duden online
- “Gediegenheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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