Eitelkeit

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ītelkeit, ītelcheit, shortened variants of Middle High German ītelicheit, ītellīcheit, ītellichheit, equivalent to eitel +‎ -keit. Cognate with Middle Low German îdelichhêt, Dutch ijdelheid, English idlehood.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Eitelkeit f (genitive Eitelkeit, plural Eitelkeiten)

  1. vanity

Declension

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

Further reading

  • “Eitelkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Eitelkeit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Eitelkeit” in Duden online
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