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German
Etymology
schnitzen (“to carve”) + Werk (“works”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnitzwerk n (strong, genitive Schnitzwerkes or Schnitzwerks, plural Schnitzwerke)
- carving
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 10:
Die Orgel stand auf der einen Seite der Altarempore. Sie war in ein weißgoldenes Gehäuse eingebaut. Das Schnitzwerk seines Gesimses stellte kleine, pausbäckige Engelchen dar, - The pipe organ stood on the one side of the altar choir. It was built into a white-golden case. The carving of its moulding depicted small, chubby-faced little angels,
Declension
Declension of Schnitzwerk
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