Dult

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German dult, tult, from Old High German tuld (“idle period”), from Proto-West Germanic *dulþi, from Proto-Germanic *dulþiz (“feast, Easter”), of unknown origin. Compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (dulþs, “feast”).

Noun

Dult f (genitive Dult, plural Dulten)

  1. (regional, Bavaria, Austria) Synonym of Jahrmarkt
    • 1830, Carl Müller, Die Jacobi-Dult zu München: Seitenstück zum Octoberfest auf der Theresienwiese, page 3:
      „Heh! Kellner's frisch! bald angefangen! Die Dult ist heute eingegangen!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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

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