Konterfei
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Conterfei, Conterfey
- Conterfet, Conterfät (17th – 19th centuries)
- Conterfeit, Contrefei, Conterfeth (17th and 18th centuries)
Etymology
[edit]Middle High German kunterfeit, from Old French contrefait, Medieval Latin contrafacere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Konterfei n (strong, genitive Konterfeis, plural Konterfeis or Konterfeie)
- (dated) portrait
- 1953, Ernst Buchner, Das deutsche Bildnis der Spätgotik und der frühen Dürerzeit, page 144:
- Es kann einem schon unbehaglich werden vor dem derb mit Ölfarbe auf Papier gemalten Konterfei des großäugigen Jungen mit den groben Zeichnungsschnitzern.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Konterfei [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Konterfei | die | Konterfeis, Konterfeie |
genitive | eines | des | Konterfeis | der | Konterfeis, Konterfeie |
dative | einem | dem | Konterfei | den | Konterfeis, Konterfeien |
accusative | ein | das | Konterfei | die | Konterfeis, Konterfeie |
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