Gleichnis
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gelīchnisse, from Old High German gilīhnissi, gilīhnessi, from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]Gleichnis n (strong, genitive Gleichnisses, plural Gleichnisse)
- simile
- (biblical) parable
- Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis […]
- All that must disappear is but a parable […]
- 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.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gleichnis [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Gleichnis | die | Gleichnisse |
genitive | eines | des | Gleichnisses | der | Gleichnisse |
dative | einem | dem | Gleichnis, Gleichnisse1 | den | Gleichnissen |
accusative | ein | das | Gleichnis | die | Gleichnisse |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
[edit]- “Gleichnis” in Duden online
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