Gleichnis

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Etymology

From Middle High German gelīchnisse, from Old High German gilīhnissi, gilīhnessi, from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī.

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Noun

Gleichnis n (strong, genitive Gleichnisses, plural Gleichnisse)

  1. simile
  2. (biblical) parable
    Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis […]
    All that must disappear is but a parable
    from Goethe's Faust
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten‎ (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Und der weise Greis, mein Meister, gab mir seinen Segen, daß ich Euch aus jenem wunderbaren, mit Unzialschrift geschriebenen Buche einige Gleichnisse, Geschichten und Sagen erzähle.
      And the wise old man, my master, gave me his blessing to tell you some parables, stories, and sagas from that wonderful book written in uncial script.

Declension

Declension of Gleichnis
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gleichnis die Gleichnisse
genitive eines des Gleichnisses der Gleichnisse
dative einem dem Gleichnis, Gleichnisse1 den Gleichnissen
accusative ein das Gleichnis die Gleichnisse

1Now rare, see notes.

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