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German
Etymology
Herr + -en- + Welt
Pronunciation
Noun
Herrenwelt f (genitive Herrenwelt, no plural)
- (collective) men
- Coordinate term: Damenwelt
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 157:Auch die Herrenwelt des Sanatoriums hatte der schönen Witterung auf verschiedene Weise in ihrem Äußeren Rechnung getragen.- Even the gentlemen of the sanatorium had taken the beautiful weather into account in various ways.
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