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German
Etymology
Glück + -s- + Haut
Noun
Glückshaut f (genitive Glückshaut, plural Glückshäute)
- caul (amnion)
- 1819, Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, 2. Edit. p.148 - Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren (translation by Margaret Hunt)
Es war eine arme Frau, die gebar ein Söhnlein, das hatte eine Glückshaut um, wie es zur Welt kam. Da ward ihm geweissagt, daß es im vierzehnten Jahr die Königstochter zur Frau haben würde.- There was once a poor woman who gave birth to a little son; and as he came into the world with a caul on, it was predicted that in his fourteenth year he would have the King's daughter for his wife.
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