Konterfei

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Middle High German kunterfeit, from Old French contrefait, Medieval Latin contrafacere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔntɐfaɪ̯/
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Noun

Konterfei n (strong, genitive Konterfeis, plural Konterfeis or Konterfeie)

  1. (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)

Declension

Further reading

  • Konterfei” in Duden online
  • Konterfei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache