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German
Etymology
From irren + Garten.
Pronunciation
Noun
Irrgarten m (strong, genitive Irrgartens, plural Irrgärten)
- maze
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 10:
Das Schnitzwerk seines Gesimses stellte kleine, pausbäckige Engelchen dar, die zwischen allerhand Schnörkeln, wie in einem Irrgarten gefangen saßen.- The carving of its moulding depicted small, chubby-faced little angels, which sat between all sorts of embellishments, like trapped in a maze.
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