Nänie
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛːni̯ə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈneːni̯ə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Nä‧nie
Noun
Nänie f (genitive Nänie, plural Nänien)
- nenia (funeral song)
- 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [The World of Yesterday]:
- Ich weiß wohl, immer wieder ereignet sich das Wunder eines Dichters in den Zeiten, und Goethes bewegliche Tröstung in seiner Nänie auf Lord Byron bleibt ewig wahr: »Denn die Erde zeugt sie wieder, wie sie sie von je gezeugt.«
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Declension
Declension of Nänie