Liebestod

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English

Etymology

From German Liebestod, from Liebe (“love”) + Tod (“death”).

Noun

Liebestod (plural Liebestode)

  1. (music, literature) An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide.
    • 1979, Angela Carter, “The Company of Wolves”, in The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 138:
      She saw how his jaw began to slaver and the room was full of the clamour of the forest's Liebestod but the wise child never flinched […]

Further reading

German

Etymology

Liebe +‎ -s- +‎ Tod, from Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde (1865).

Noun

Liebestod m (strong, genitive Liebestodes or Liebestods, plural Liebestode)

  1. Liebestod

Declension

Declension of Liebestod
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Liebestod die Liebestode
genitive eines des Liebestodes, Liebestods der Liebestode
dative einem dem Liebestod, Liebestode1 den Liebestoden
accusative einen den Liebestod die Liebestode

1Now rare, see notes.

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