Alltagsmaske

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German

Etymology

Alltag +‎ -s- +‎ Maske

Pronunciation

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Noun

Alltagsmaske f (genitive Alltagsmaske, plural Alltagsmasken)

  1. a homemade face mask (as opposed to a medicinal, certified mask), usually from cloth
  2. (figurative) a figurative mask behind which wearers hide their true self
    • 2021 May 5, Jörg Bernardy, Der kleine Alltagsstoiker: 10 Gelassenheitsregeln fürs Lebensglück (GU Mind & Soul Einzeltitel)‎, Gräfe Und Unzer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152:
      Wir dürfen unsere Alltagsmaske fallen lassen und uns in unseren vielfältigen und manchmal auch ambivalenten Facetten zeigen. Vor allem aber müssen wir unsere Gefühle nicht ständig filtern oder kontrollieren wie beispielsweise in unserem beruflichen Alltag.
      We are allowed to drop our everyday mask and show ourselves in our diverse and sometimes ambivalent facets. Above all, however, we do not have to constantly filter or control our feelings as we do in our everyday professional lives, for example.

Declension

Declension of Alltagsmaske
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Alltagsmaske die Alltagsmasken
genitive einer der Alltagsmaske der Alltagsmasken
dative einer der Alltagsmaske den Alltagsmasken
accusative eine die Alltagsmaske die Alltagsmasken

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