Walpurgisnacht
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from German Walpurgisnacht.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Walpurgisnacht (uncountable)
- Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia, Canongate, published 2006, page 365:
- The proper sequel to the Walpurgisnacht obsequies of Franz Ferdinand would have been the dismissal of Prince Montenuovo...
- 1969-12-25, Burton H. Wolfe, “Introduction”, in The Satanic Bible, Avon, →OL:
- On the last night of April 1966 — Walpurgisnacht, the most important festival in the lore of magic and witchcraft — LaVey ritualistically shaved his head in accordance with magical tradition and announced the formation of the Church of Satan.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Walpurgisnacht f (genitive Walpurgisnacht, plural Walpurgisnächte)
- Walpurgis night
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Nacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]:
- Mir ist’s ganz tugendlich dabey, / Ein Bißchen Diebsgelüst, ein Bißchen Rammeley. / So spukt mir schon durch alle Glieder / Die herrliche Walpurgisnacht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2024 May 1, “Randale zum 1. Mai: 3100 Berliner Polizeikräfte in der Nacht im Einsatz – Amazon-Transporter in Flammen”, in Der Spiegel[2], →ISSN:
- Bei den fünf Versammlungen in der Hauptstadt in der sogenannten Walpurgisnacht seien insgesamt 3100 Polizeikräfte im Einsatz gewesen, sagte eine Sprecherin der Polizei Berlin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Walpurgisnacht [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Walpurgisnacht | die | Walpurgisnächte |
genitive | einer | der | Walpurgisnacht | der | Walpurgisnächte |
dative | einer | der | Walpurgisnacht | den | Walpurgisnächten |
accusative | eine | die | Walpurgisnacht | die | Walpurgisnächte |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Walpurgisnacht, → Walpurgis night (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “Walpurgisnacht” in Duden online
- “Walpurgisnacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Walpurgisnacht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]Walpurgisnacht m or f (uncountable)
- Walpurgis night (a feast of witchcraft in German folklore)
- Synonyms: noite de Walpurgis, noite de santa Valburga
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