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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Middle High German kunterfeit, from Old French contrefait, Medieval Latin contrafacere.
Pronunciation
Noun
Konterfei n (strong, genitive Konterfeis, plural Konterfeis or Konterfeie)
- (dated) portrait
1953, Ernst Buchner, Das deutsche Bildnis der Spätgotik und der frühen Dürerzeit, page 144:Es kann einem schon unbehaglich werden vor dem derb mit Ölfarbe auf Papier gemalten Konterfei des großäugigen Jungen mit den groben Zeichnungsschnitzern.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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