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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemōn, borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛːmɔn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːmɔn/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: Dä‧mon
Noun
Dämon m (mixed, genitive Dämons, plural Dämonen, feminine Dämonin)
- demon
- 1923, Sigmund Freud, Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert, in: Imago: Zeitschrift für Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geisteswissenschaften, vol. 9, booklet 1, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, page 14:
Der böse Dämon des christlichen Glaubens, der Teufel des Mittelalters, war nach der christlichen Mythologie selbst ein gefallener Engel und gottgleicher Natur.- The evil demon of the Christian belief, the devil of the middle ages, was according to the Christian mythology a fallen angel himself and of godlike nature.
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Further reading
- “Dämon” in Duden online
- “Dämon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache