Weiberfastnacht

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German

FWOTD – 23 February 2017
Symbolische Entmannung an Weiberfastnacht. — Symbolic emasculation on Weiberfastnacht.

Etymology

From Weiber (“women”) +‎ Fastnacht (“carnival”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯bɐˌfastnaχt/, /ˌvaɪ̯bɐˈfastnaχt/
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Noun

Weiberfastnacht f (genitive Weiberfastnacht, plural Weiberfastnächte)

  1. A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. Originally a special day for women’s carnival, but now celebrated by both sexes as the beginning of the six-day peak of the carnival season. Remnants of the original purpose are that women are allowed to cut off men's ties and to kiss (on the cheek) whomever they want.
    Synonyms: Altweiber, Altweiberfastnacht; (Aachen region) Fettdonnerstag (“Fat Thursday”); Schmotziger Donnerstag; (Cologne) Schwerdonnerstag; Weiberfasching; (Swabian) Weiberfasnet; (Colognian (Cologne dialect)) Wieverfastelovend
    • 1989, Emma Jahresband:
      Sie neigen zu einem selbstbewußten Separatismus und feiern jedes Jahr an Weiberfastnacht ihr eigenes berühmtes Fest.
      They tend towards a self-aware separatism, and every year on Weiberfastnacht they celebrate their own famous party.
    • 2010, Helga Resch, Der Karnevalsknigge: Feiern wie die echten Kölschen, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, →ISBN:
      Neben Rosenmontag ist Weiberfastnacht, auf Kölsch Wieverfastelovend, der wichtigste Tag im Karneval und gleichzeitig der erste der sechs Straßenkarnevalstage bis Aschermittwoch.
      After Shrove Monday, Weiberfastnacht (in Cologne Wieverfastelovend) the most important day of the carnival and the first of the six street carnival days before Ash Wednesday.
    • 2014, Jens Baumeister, Karneval für Imis: Ein Survivalguide durch den Kölner Karneval, Emons Verlag, →ISBN:
      Karnevalsprofis sorgen vor und haben für Weiberfastnacht eine Sammlung billiger Schlipse auf Vorrat.
      Carnival experts prepare and have a selection of cheap ties available for Weiberfastnacht.

Declension

Declension of Weiberfastnacht
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Weiberfastnacht die Weiberfastnächte
genitive einer der Weiberfastnacht der Weiberfastnächte
dative einer der Weiberfastnacht den Weiberfastnächten
accusative eine die Weiberfastnacht die Weiberfastnächte
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