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German
Etymology
From Middle High German hornunc, Old High German hornung. Compare Pennsylvania German Hanning, Old English hornungsunu (“bastard”), Frankish hōrni(n)g.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hornung m (strong, genitive Hornunges or Hornungs, plural Hornunge)
- (obsolete, poetic) February
- Synonyms: Februar, (Austria) Feber
1789, Friedrich Schiller, Der Geisterseher, page 15:Eine mahlerische Landschaft, die mit jeder Krümmung des Flusses sich an Reichthum und Schönheit zu übertreffen schien — der heiterste Himmel, der mitten im Hornung einen Maientag bildete — reizende Gärten und geschmackvolle Landhäuser ohne Zahl, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension