Irrgarten

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See also: Irrgärten

German

Etymology

From irren +‎ Garten.

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Noun

Irrgarten m (strong, genitive Irrgartens, plural Irrgärten)

  1. 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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