Fastnacht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vastnaht, from vaste (“fast”) + naht (“night”). Cognate with Silesian East Central German Foasnacht, Mòcheno Vosnòcht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfastnaxt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fast‧nacht

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. carnival
    Synonyms: Karneval; Fasching; Fasenacht; Fasnacht, Faßnacht; Fastelabend

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • Fastnachtsfest
  • Fastnachtszeit, Fastnachtzeit
  • Fastnachten

Further reading
  • “Fastnacht” in Duden online
  • “Fastnacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.