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German
Etymology
From Middle High German litanīe, from Late Latin litanīa, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía).
Pronunciation
Noun
Litanei f (genitive Litanei, plural Litaneien)
- litany
1851, Heinrich Heine, “Altes Lied”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Der Zug, der zog den Wald vorbei, / Dort widerhallt die Litanei; / Die Tannen, in Trauermänteln vermummt, / Sie haben Totengebete gebrummt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) a recurring lecture, an annoyingly repeated admonition or enumeration
- Synonym: Leier
- dieselbe Litanei ― The same lecture.
- die alte Litanei ― The old lecture.
2020 May 10, Susan Neiman, “Geschichtsaufarbeitung in Deutschland: Aufarbeitung ist keine Impfung”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Verbringen Sie einige Tage in Mississippi, dann werden Sie heute die gleichen Litaneien hören, die in der Bundesrepublik bis 1985 gang und gäbe waren.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Litanei” in Duden online
- “Litanei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache