Schicksalstag

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German

Etymology

From Schicksal +‎ -s- +‎ Tag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪkzaːlsˌtaːk/
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Noun

Schicksalstag m (strong, genitive Schicksalstages or Schicksalstags, plural Schicksalstage)

  1. a fateful day, a day of destiny
    • 1839, Ludwig Robert, Ein Schicksalstag in Spanien:
    • 1958, Richard Kempe, Jakobsland: Wanderungen durch die spanische Geschichte, page 137:
      Bei solch günstiger Verkettung von Umständen erntete jetzt die „Gran Reconquista“ die Früchte des Schicksalstags von Navas de Tolosa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1966, Wilhelm Schulze, Kleine Schriften, →ISBN, page 140:
      Die Vorstellung des Schicksalstages verbindet sich so eng mit dies, daß das Possessivpronomen auch ganz fehlen kann.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2009 March 12, Hauke Friederichs, “Grenzenloser Hass”, in Die Zeit‎:
      Bis zu jenem Schicksalstag der amerikanischen Kleinstadt Littleton galt er als schwierig, aber nicht als gefährlich.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Schicksalstag
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schicksalstag die Schicksalstage
genitive eines des Schicksalstages, Schicksalstags der Schicksalstage
dative einem dem Schicksalstag, Schicksalstage1 den Schicksalstagen
accusative einen den Schicksalstag die Schicksalstage

1Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Schicksalstag m (proper noun, strong, genitive Schicksalstages or Schicksalstags)

  1. the 9th of November, the date of several key events in German history, including the replacement of the monarchy with the Weimar Republic, Kristallnacht, and the fall of the Berlin Wall

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