Mondenschein

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Mondenschein m (strong, genitive Mondenscheines or Mondenscheins, no plural)

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of Mondschein
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Dorten, an dem Bach alleine, / Badet sich die schöne Elfe; / Arm und Nacken, weiß und lieblich, / Schimmern in dem Mondenscheine.
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