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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin discantus.
Pronunciation
Noun
Diskant m (strong, genitive Diskantes or Diskants, plural Diskante)
- descant
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 360:Es hatte Musik gegeben, Zigeunerweisen, von einem ungarischen Studenten auf der Geige keck exekutiert, worauf Hofrat Behrens […] irgend jemanden genötigt hatte, in der tieferen Lage des Pianinos die Melodie des „Pilgerchors“ zu spielen, während er selbst, daneben stehend, den Diskant des Instrumentes auf hüpfende Art mit einer Bürste bearbeitete und so die begleitenden Violinfiguren parodierte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “Diskant” in Duden online
- “Diskant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache