Kennerschaft

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Noun

Kennerschaft f (genitive Kennerschaft, no plural)

  1. connoisseurship
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 427:
      Sie drehten die gewechselten Geschenke zwischen den Fingern, prüften mit sachlicher Kennerschaft diese schlanken Körper, die mit den schräg gleichlaufenden Rippen ihrer erhöhten, hie und da etwas gelüfteten Wickelränder, ihrem aufliegenden Geäder, das zu pulsen schien, []
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