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Gleichnis

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gelīchnisse, from Old High German gilīhnissi, gilīhnessi, from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī.

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Noun

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Gleichnis n (strong, genitive Gleichnisses, plural Gleichnisse)

  1. simile
  2. (biblical) parable
    Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis […]
    All that must disappear is but a parable […]
    from Goethe's Faust
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Und der weise Greis, mein Meister, gab mir seinen Segen, daß ich Euch aus jenem wunderbaren, mit Unzialschrift geschriebenen Buche einige Gleichnisse, Geschichten und Sagen erzähle.
      And the wise old man, my master, gave me his blessing to tell you some parables, stories, and sagas from that wonderful book written in uncial script.

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