Urlaub

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German urloup. Related to erlauben. Cognate with English leave (time off, permission to be away).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯p/
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Noun

Urlaub m (strong, genitive Urlaubes or Urlaubs, plural Urlaube)

  1. holiday, vacation
    • 2021 October 17, Claudius Prößer, quoting Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, “Berliner Flughafenchef über den BER: „Fliegen wird teurer werden“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Fliegen wird teurer. Aber die Menschen wollen weiterhin reisen, Urlaub machen, Familien und Freunde besuchen.
      Flying is getting more expensive. But the people want to continue traveling, going on vacation, visiting their families and friends.
  2. (dated) leave
    • 1821, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 5, in Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years]‎, volume 2:
      Genug, er war so wenig bei sich selbst, daß er sich eiligst aus der Garnison ohne Urlaub entfernte und, um seinen Vater aufzusuchen []
      Enough now, he was so much beside himself that he left the garrison posthaste, without taking leave, to seek out his father
    • 1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Ein geniales Rennpferd reift die Erkenntnis, ein Mann ohne Eigenschaften zu sein”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957, page 48:
      [] ; und da es schließlich, wenn schon Fußballspieler und Pferde Genie haben, nur noch der Gebrauch sein kann, den man von ihm macht, was einem für die Rettung der Eigenheit übrigbleibt, beschloß er, sich ein Jahr Urlaub von seinem Leben zu nehmen, um eine angemessene Anwendung seiner Fähigkeiten zu suchen.
      And now, because if even football players and horses can exhibit genius, the only thing left to save your uniqueness is the use you put to said genius, he decided to go on leave from his daily life for a year, and to find an appropriate application for his abilities.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Polish: urlop

Further reading

  • Urlaub” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Urlaub” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Urlaub” in Duden online
  • Urlaub on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de