Halbgott
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German *halpgot, from Old High German halbgot. Equivalent to halb + Gott.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Halbgott m (strong, genitive Halbgottes or Halbgotts, plural Halbgötter, feminine Halbgöttin)
- demigod
- Synonym: Göttersohn
- 1776, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, edited by Georg Witkowski, Laokoon: oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie (Lessings Werke; 4)[1], Leipzig und Wien, published 1911, page 51:
- Überhaupt aber muß man bei der Vergleichung des leidenden Herkules mit dem leidenden Philoktet nicht vergessen, daß jener ein Halbgott, und dieser nur ein Mensch ist.
- But generally you must not forget when comparing the suffering Hercules with the suffering Philoctet, that the first one is a demigod and the second one just a man.
- 1856, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Gyges und sein Ring, act 1:
- Wem mehr / Als Menschenkraft beschieden ist, der wird / Als Halbgott gleich geboren!
- He who has been granted more than human strength, is straightaway born as a demigod!
- Ellipsis of Halbgott in Weiß.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Halbgott [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Halbgott | die | Halbgötter |
genitive | eines | des | Halbgottes, Halbgotts | der | Halbgötter |
dative | einem | dem | Halbgott, Halbgotte1 | den | Halbgöttern |
accusative | einen | den | Halbgott | die | Halbgötter |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Halbgott” in Duden online
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