Dult
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German dult, tult, from Old High German tuld (“idle period”), from Proto-West Germanic *dulþi, from Proto-Germanic *dulþiz (“feast, Easter”), of unknown origin. Compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (dulþs, “feast”).
Noun
editDult f (genitive Dult, plural Dulten)
- (regional, Bavaria, Austria) Synonym of Jahrmarkt
- 1830, Carl Müller, Die Jacobi-Dult zu München: Seitenstück zum Octoberfest auf der Theresienwiese, page 3:
- „Heh! Kellner's frisch! bald angefangen! Die Dult ist heute eingegangen!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Dult [feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Dult” in Duden online
- “Dult” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Dult” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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