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German
Etymology
Welt + Literatur, attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Weltliteratur f (genitive Weltliteratur, no plural)
- world literature
2020 October 8, Christina Dongowski, “Literaturnobelpreis 2020: Auf der Suche nach Weltanspruch”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Mit Louise Glück wird eine Lyrikerin ausgezeichnet, an deren Rang als Autorin von Weltliteratur nicht zu zweifeln ist.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Weltliteratur
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