Litanei
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German litanīe, from Late Latin litanīa, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Litanei f (genitive Litanei, plural Litaneien)
- litany
- 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Altes Lied”, in Romanzero[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Der Zug, der zog den Wald vorbei, / Dort widerhallt die Litanei; / Die Tannen, in Trauermänteln vermummt, / Sie haben Totengebete gebrummt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) a recurring lecture, an annoyingly repeated admonition or enumeration
- Synonym: Leier
- dieselbe Litanei ― The same lecture.
- die alte Litanei ― The old lecture.
- 2020 May 10, Susan Neiman, “Geschichtsaufarbeitung in Deutschland: Aufarbeitung ist keine Impfung”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- Verbringen Sie einige Tage in Mississippi, dann werden Sie heute die gleichen Litaneien hören, die in der Bundesrepublik bis 1985 gang und gäbe waren.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Litanei [feminine]
Further reading
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