Weinachte

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Etymology

    From Middle High German wīhenaht.[1]

    Cognate with German Weihnachten.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Weinachte n (plural Weinachte)

    1. Christmas
      Glicklich Weinachte!
      Merry Christmas!
      (literally, “Happy Christmas!”)

    Usage notes

    • This term preserves the vestigial genitive Weinachts in some compounds and idioms.

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Weinachte”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 173, column 2