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German
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀσκητής (askētḗs)
Pronunciation
Noun
Asket m (weak, genitive Asketen, plural Asketen, feminine Asketin)
- ascetic
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 139:In mancher Hinsicht sucht sich auch der Asket das Leben leicht zu machen, und zwar gewöhnlich durch die vollkommene Unterordnung unter einen fremden Willen oder unter ein umfängliches Gesetz und Ritual; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Asket” in Duden online
- “Asket” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache